Women’s Health Concern updated its factsheets and other helpful resources page on 6 July 2026, bringing detailed information and advice on gynaecological, sexual and post-reproductive health issues into one printable, downloadable place. The material can be saved as PDF or printed from the website, which makes it easier to take into a short GP appointment, use at home, or share with a carer or clinician when symptoms need sorting quickly.
For perimenopause, the timing matters. WHC’s April 2026 factsheet, Perimenopause and menopause: your questions answered, says the menopause transition is an unavoidable fact for all women, as well as some trans men and non-binary people. That framing matters for readers trying to separate ordinary hormonal change from something that needs a doctor’s view, especially when the symptoms are less obvious than hot flushes: irregular bleeding, sleep problems, vaginal dryness, low mood or a cluster of complaints that do not immediately look like menopause.
The hub is built for exactly that kind of question. WHC says the factsheets offer detailed information and advice, and the page pulls together the sort of material women often need in one sitting: treatment guidance, reassurance, a symptom glossary, help with appointments, and practical questions about HRT, blood tests and lifestyle measures. The British Menopause Society marked the same direction of travel on 22 June 2026 with a new WHC fact sheet on hormone blood tests in the menopause transition, a topic that often confuses patients who are told a blood test will settle everything.
WHC has also linked the factsheets to its broader Menopause Wellness Hub, which covers heart health and cholesterol, weight management guidance, nutrition and exercise advice, informative factsheets and videos, digestive health, emotional wellness and cognitive behavioural therapy. That range reflects the reality of perimenopause care in the UK: women rarely arrive with one isolated question, and a single leaflet is usually not enough to cover symptoms, treatment choices and longer-term health concerns.
Women’s Health Concern was established in 1972 and has been the patient arm of the British Menopause Society since 2012. NICE’s updated guideline, Menopause: identification and management, was published in November 2024, building selectively on the original 2015 guidance. The latest WHC update gives patients and clinicians a clearer place to start, with information that is independent, reusable and geared to the realities of short consultations.