Bleeding Problems Resources

eLearning

Below find links to resources from the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH), in partnership with eLearning for Healthcare, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) eLearning modules as well as a podcast on heavy menstrual bleeding, and a toolkit resource from the RCGP / Endometriosis UK on the topic of menstrual dysfunction and its management.

CoSRH /eLfH:

• e-SRH Module 5: Contraception: complications / side-effects (knowledge test)^FREE

RCGP eLearning:

• Podcast: Heavy Menstrual Bleeding^FREE 
• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (eLearnng module with pre/course assessment)^FREE 

RCGP / Endometriosis UK Toolkit:

• Menstrual Health Toolkit (evidence-based guidance, disease overviews, management tips and links to further information) ^FREE

Guidelines

Below find guideline resources from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the topic of bleeding problems.

NICE:

• Linzagolix for Treating Moderate to Severe Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids (TA996, Aug 24)
• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Assessment and management (NG88, updated Mar 2020)^FREE
• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Quality Standard (QS47, updated Oct 2020)^FREE

Reviews and reports

Below find journal review articles from: the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG); the RCGP journals, the BJGP and InnovAiT;  Climacteric (the journal of the international Menopause Society); and others on the subject of bleeding problems. Also included is a report from the NHS on the prescribing of medications licensed for HMB. 

Articles from The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG) below, which are not marked FREE or which are not open access, may require a subscription or institutional access to read the full content. Check with your university or hospital library regarding institutional access to articles from this journal. 

Access to InnovAiT is free to members of the RCGP through the MyRCGP login.

RCOG:

• Premenstrual disorders including premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 2023; 25: 38–46)
• Investigation and Management of Postcoital Bleeding (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 2022; 24: 24–30)^FREE
• Spotlight on… Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Uterine Fibroids (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 2021; 23: 84–85)^FREE

BJGP:

• Women’s Experiences of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Medical Treatment: A qualitative study in primary care (BJGP 2023; 73 (729): e294–e301)^FREE
• Medical Treatment for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Primary Care: 10-year data from the ECLIPSE trial (BJGP 2022; 72 (725): e857–e864)^FREE

InnovAiT:

• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (InnovAiT 2025; 18(5):253–258)^{FREE to RCGP members via MyRCGP member login}
• Postcoital Bleeding (InnovAiT 2023; 16(5): 254–258)^{FREE to RCGP members via MyRCGP member login}
• Amenorrhea (InnovAiT 2021; 14(10): 599–606)^{FREE to RCGP members via MyRCGP member login}

Other Journal Articles:

• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Perimenopause (Climacteric 2017: DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2017.1358921)^FREE

NHS Report:

• Healthcare Inequalities – NHS Prescribing of Medications Licensed for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (Jul 25)^FREE