How does the menopause affect me?
This episode is a funny and frank discussion about women’s intimate health and the menopause.
Host Anna Richardson talks early menopause; chatting about everything from HRT to sex, with celebrity guest Andrea McLean from Loose Women. Expert advice is provided by Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist Shazia Malik from HCA UK’s The Portland Hospital.
Vagina chat
Vagina Health Fact
Vagina Health Fiction
Underwear Fact
The Big M
Menopausal Fact
HRT Fiction
Menopause Fact
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Guests in this episode
Miss Shazia Malik
Miss Shazia Malik, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at The Portland Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK.
Shazia Malik is one of the UK’s most respected gynaecologists. She gained her medical degree with honours and a gold medal in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1991. She has trained in obstetrics in some of the largest tertiary level units in the country. Her specialist training was undertaken in Cambridge where she was also a research fellow funded by the MRC with a world-famous team looking at abnormal vessel function in women with excessively heavy periods or endometriosis.
She went on to successfully complete sub-specialty accreditation in reproductive medicine and surgery at University College London Hospital (UCLH), where she remains an honorary consultant.
She has worked as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist as part of the recurrent miscarriage team at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, The Portland Hospital, part of HCA UK, and as a consultant in IVF at CRGH – one of the country’s leading IVF units.
Whilst becoming a sub-specialist, Shazia pursued her interest in gynaecological ultrasound at King’s College Hospital and is currently lead for early pregnancy/emergency gynaecology at Chase Farm Hospital, alongside a busy obstetric workload.
Andrea McLean
Andrea McLean is a television presenter on shows such as ITV’s GMTV, Dancing On Ice and 3@Three, UKTV Style’s Our House, 5’s Espresso and most notably ITV’s multi-award-winning live daytime chat show Loose Women, which she hosted for 11 years. Throughout Andrea’s 22-year career, she has interviewed some of the biggest names in the business, including Oprah Winfrey, Drew Barrymore, Will Smith, Dustin Hoffman and Amy Schumer.
In addition to her television career, Andrea has written two books. Her first was an autobiography, Confessions Of A Good Girl, which spent two weeks at number one on the Sunday Times best seller list. Her second was the best-seller Confessions Of A Menopausal Woman: Everything you want to know but are too afraid to ask…. The book, released in June 2018, followed requests from thousands of women who contacted Andrea to ask about her experience of this hugely personal, and still largely taboo, subject.
Our gynaecology locations
The HCA UK group offer gynaecology clinics at a number of locations across London.
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The Portland Hospital
205 - 209 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5AH
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The Wellington Hospital Spinal Unit
South Building, Wellington Place
St John's Wood
London NW8 9LE
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London Bridge Hospital
27 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2PR
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The Lister Hospital
Chelsea Bridge Road
London
SW1W 8RH
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Chiswick Medical Centre
Bond House
347-353 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4HS
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HCA UK at The Shard
The Shard
32 St Thomas Street
London SE1 9BS
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The Wellington Hospital Elstree Waterfront
The Waterfront Business Park
Beaufort House, Elstree Road
Elstree WD6 3BS