WEST CORK MENOPAUSE & WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC

02720022 

Dr Paula Stanley Mb, BCh, MRCGP, DFFP.

Dr Paula Stanley is a  GP with a special initerest in Women's Health and a British Menopause Society recognised Menopause Doctor.

She studied medicine in UCC and completed her GP training in London. From early in her career she 

specialised in Women's Health . In 1997  she achieved the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) Family Planning and Sexual Health  Diploma qualification and is a coil fitting doctor. 

She has a particular  interest in Menopause and Perimenopause health and  holds a British Menopause Society Management of Menopause Certificate.

Following 25 years as a GP Partner in a busy practice in East London, Dr Stanley moved back to her native Cork in 2023. She lives in Bealad East, outside Clonakilty with her husband.

Back in 2023 , it became clear to Dr Stanley that women in West Cork had great difficulty accessing consultations for female health issues. To address that need, Dr Stanley set up a dedicated Women's Health Clinic she called West Cork Menopause and Women's Health Clinic. Initally this was a pilot in Skibbereen then moved to Bantry early 2024. 

Dr Stanley also works in Cork University and Maternity Hospital in the Complex Menopause Clinic

and is starting in the newly created post of Gynaecology GP  in Bantry General Hospital.

Dr Stanley has a special interest in female urinary problems and provdes excellent care for women with cystitis, 

recurrent infections, incontinence and pelvic floor prolapse.  


Dr Stanley  also writes for West Cork People on Women's Health topics. Links to a few of her articls are given here
 but all can  be read online: 


https://westcorkpeople.ie/category/health-lifestyle/health/menopause-hot-topic/

https://westcorkpeople.ie/health-lifestyle/health/perimenopause/

https://westcorkpeople.ie/health-lifestyle/health/inside-premenstrual-syndrome/

https://westcorkpeople.ie/health-lifestyle/health/trouble-with-the-waterworks/

https://westcorkpeople.ie/health-lifestyle/health/trouble-with-the-waterworks-part-ii/


Having worked back in Ireland for over a year,  Dr Stanley is frustrated   that a woman in Ireland can get a free contraception  or  pregnancy related health check with her GP but not a free Menopause Health Check. 

 She feels this sends out a message :  
Outside of our reproductive years, our government does not seem to value women's health.
 Dr Stanley is engaging actively with the new health minister to start a conversation politically as to how we can
 change that. 


 "No two women are the same and every woman's Menopause  journey is different. 

I believe that my role is to inform, support and  empower women to make the health choices  that are right for them." 
Dr Paula Stanley.


     Patient Testimonials

"For the first time, I met

an empathic and engaged GP

who was interested in ALL my

symptoms and experiences as a

menopausal woman. To be able

to share my experience of menopause

over 10 years with Dr

Stanley helped me understand

the bigger picture myself, and to

understand just what I had been

going through, without much

help and support."

"There is a

lot of misinformation on HRT,

which I feel Dr. Stanley clarified

for me. Also, she has a better

understanding I feel than some

GPs would have when dealing

with a woman as an individual.

The service is a great advantage

for women in West Cork."


"Age 64, it was very important

for me to see someone in my

female predicament, I needed a

pessary fitted. We so need GPs

dedicated to women's health, at

all ages. Thank you Dr. Paula

Stanley."


Click below for information on Menopause and HRT 

British Menopause Society Women's Health patient informaton

Phone to book a 30 to 45 minute appointment with Dr Stanley. 

WEST CORK MENOPAUSE & WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC



Appointments: 02720022