Anita Sharma MBBS, MD, DRCOG, MFFP has been a general practitioner in Oldham for more than 24 years and loves every second of working as a GP. She is an undergraduate trainer attached to the University of Manchester and a trainer in family planning. She is the GP editor for the British Journal of Medical Practitioners. She writes regularly in various GP magazines on clinical and practice developmental issues. Anita has served as a Local Medical Committee locality member for the last 7 years and is a GP appraiser for Oldham Primary Care Trust. She is also the chairperson of BMA Rochdale Division where she organises various educational and social activities. With the help and support of her patient participation group, she organises various fundraising activities and raises money for Cancer Research. She has written three books, all aimed towards the primary care physician: COPD in Primary Care (Radcliffe Publishing, 2010), Peripheral Vascular Disease in Primary Care (Radcliffe Publishing, 2011), and Maximising Quality and Outcomes Framework Quality Points (Radcliff e Publishing, 2011). She donates her royalties raised by COPD in Primary Care to the 'Breathe Easy' group. She was a GP member of the NICE lower limb peripheral arterial disease guideline development group. She contributed on clinical audit tool and secondary prevention from a GP perspective. Anita is also the clinical director in vascular and medicine management of the Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). She is actively involved in the setting up of one- stop gynaecological and early pregnancy assessment services in Oldham.

Foreword by Ian Wilkinson. Foreword by Denis Gizzi. Foreword by Kath Wynne-Jones. Preface. About the author. Dysmenorrhoea. Premenstrual syndrome. Menstrual migraine. Dyspareunia. Pelvic pain. Vaginal dryness. Vulvodynia. Management of vaginal discharge in primary care. Pelvic inflammatory disease. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Postmenopausal bleeding. Postcoital bleeding. Intermenstrual bleeding. Genital prolapse. Pessary service in NHS Oldham. Infertility. Female urinary incontinence. Urinary retention: a primary care emergency. Endometriosis. Menopause. Polycystic ovarian syndrome. Uterine fibroids. Endometrial cancer. Ovarian cancer. Colposcopy. Index.