Complex Menopause Clinic referral process

We provide virtual and in-person care to patients across BC. Our team of health-care providers are Menopause Society Certified Practitioners (MSCP).

​This webpage is for healthcare providers referring patients to the CMC clinic. Please carefully review patient eligibility criteria before making a referral.

Patient eligibility

To be eligible to receive care in the CMC, patients must meet each of the criteria listed in Section A , plus one or more of the criteria listed in Section B. Meeting  this criteria does not guarantee that the referral will be accepted. Each referral is reviewed by a BC Women's Hospital healthcare provider and is assessed on an individual basis. We do not accept self-referrals from patients.

 

Patient:

  • Experiences bothersome symptoms of menopause
  • Is currently living in BC
  • Is assigned female at birth

 

Other criteria:

  • Contraindications or medical co-morbidities limiting management options
  • Premature menopause/primary ovarian insufficiency < age 40
  • Carrier of Hereditary Cancer Syndrome with increased risk of breast or gynecological cancer
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Human immunodeficiency virus
  • Cancer survivor whose therapy has affected ovarian function
  • Systemic menopausal symptoms (e.g., hot flushes, night sweats) that have not responded to usual management
  • Genital symptoms of menopause that have not responded to usual management, without vulvar dystrophy


Referrals form

Referrals process

1Complete the referral form

Please complete the referral form in its entirety and include any relevant testing that may be unavailable on CST Cerner (this includes Pap test results, mammography, DXA scan, latest FIT test etc.).

We encourage providers to include any relevant clinic notes related to menopause care. This may include detailing the treatments trialled and other relevant assessments.

2Submit referral form

Please submit the referral form by fax to 604-675-2652.

3Review of referral

A BC Women's Hospital provider carefully reviews all referrals. We will follow up with you to inform you if we accept or reject the referral.

If we accept the referral, our clinic will contact the patient directly to book an appointment.