Pelvic Pain Resources

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on the topic of dysmennorrhoea and also the use of gabapentin for chronic pelvic pain.  Also find a link below to Health Education England's eLearning for Healthcare (eLfH) programme on mesh complications, supporting GPs to understand the symptoms of mesh complications and the referral process. 

RCGP:

• Five Minutes to Change Your Practice: Primary dysmenorrhoea in young women (Sep 24)^{FREE to RCGP Members} 
• RCGP Essential Knowledge Update (EKU). Gabapentin for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women (GaPP2): A GP's guide (scroll down; Sep 2020; Source document)^{FREE to RCGP Members} 

eLfH:

• Pelvic Mesh Complications (for GPs; Nov 2023)^{FREE to NHS professionals}

Guidelines

Below find guideline resources from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) on the topic of pelvic pain.

RCOG:

• Chronic Pelvic Pain, Initial Management (GTG 41, May 2012, updated 2017)^FREE
• Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome (GTG 70, Dec 2016)^FREE

BASHH:

• Guideline for the Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (2019 Interim Update)^FREE

Reviews

Below find educational reviews from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)'s InnovAiT journal. 

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

InnovAiT:

• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (InnovAiT 2024; 0(0). doi: 10.1177/17557380241254025)^{FREE to RCGP members via MyRCGP login}
• Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women (InnovAiT 2017; 10(9): 522–527)^{FREE to RCGP members via MyRCGP login}
• Dyspareunia (InnovAiT 2021; 14(10): 607–614)^{FREE to RCGP members via MyRCGP login}