As part of the East Sussex Wellbeing at Work Programme, we provide free Menopause Demystified training . The menopause transition can be hugely confusing for people. With so much conflicting information out there it can be thoroughly discombobulating trying to sift through the fiction and identify the fact.

This half-day session is for women approaching, going through, or out the other side of the menopause and anyone with an interest in the topic and is in three parts.

Part 1: The menopause

What is the menopause?
What are the phases?
Lifecycle of hormones
A personal story: what may happen
Possible ‘symptoms’
Personal and professional impact
Possible misdiagnosis

Part 2: Medical options

Hormone Replacement Therapy
Constituents of HRT and purpose
Routes of delivery
Risks and benefits
Lifestyle risks
Bio identical and body identical HRT
Breast cancer and lifestyle risks discussed

Part 3: Non-medical options

Nutrition
Supplements
Exercise
Alternatives to HRT
The Second Spring

It is important that any delegate booked onto the course ensures that they can commit to attending the session in full. No-shows and short notice drop outs will be liable to be charged the full cost of the course.

Everyone who completes the course gets:

A robust reference book
An invitation to attend free monthly online talks and to receive a free quarterly e-magazine Midlife Matters

Format:

This is a half day course is delivered in person, at the Welcome Building in Eastbourne.

Please note, at this time each organisation can send up to a maximum of four delegates on the course.

If you have any queries about this training, or the accreditation itself, please get in touch with the team at Healthy.Workplace@eastsussex.gov.uk

This course is funded by Public Health at East Sussex County Council, there is no cost associated to attendees.