Heavy Periods are common and may be normal to you but debilitating and affecting your well-being. There are treatments available to help your symptoms and improve your daily life. Click here to check if you have heavy periods.

Our experts within the Women's Health Hub understand the challenges of heavy menstrual bleeding. If you have been assessed by a clinician at your own GP Practice and have been deemed suitable, a hormonal coil may be a highly effective solution to help to resolve your symptoms and ensure you can enjoy life without the burden of excessive bleeding.

If you are registered with Unsworth Group Practice or Stable Fold Surgery, you can self-refer yourself to the LARC service by filling out the following self referral formhttps://forms.office.com/e/Cvun8Q0VFc

You will receive a telephone triage call and if deemed suitable a face to face appointment will be arranged. Coil fittings are currently offered at Peter House Surgery, Captain Lees Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3UB.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE PRIVACY NOTICE (click here) before sending your self-referral. The document explains how your confidential information is collected and used. Any personal data sent to Unsworth Group Practice LARC service will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data will be visible to trained NHS staff only.

The United Kingdom Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA) has approved an extension to the Mirena Licence from 5 years to 8 years for contraception. There has not been an extension to the licensed duration of use when being used for the management of heavy menstrual bleeding, or got endometrial protection as part of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)