The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health in Clayton has established an evidence based multi-disciplinary specialist service for women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The service provides education, a lifestyle management program and comprehensive specialist medical assessment and management planning, provided over three visits. Ongoing management is then transferred back to primary care supported by a detailed management plan.
To access the service, women must have had a diagnosis of PCOS confirmed via the presence of any two of the following three factors (as per Rotterdam 2003 criteria):
For more information download the PCOS Service - GP Information Sheet from the Health Professionals menu at www.managingpcos.org.au or contact the Project Manager, Tanya Heaney-Voogt at the Foundation on 03 9535 6719 or tanya.heaney-voogt@jeanhailes.org.au.
Referrals to the Jean Hailes PCOS Service can be made by fax to: 03 9562 7477
