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How It Works

Assessment Process
(Vital Blueprint Process)

Book assessment
  • book online

  • receive confirmation

  • upload bloods if available, otherwise use the lab form provided, and test at a local lab

  • complete intake questionnaire

Pre-consultation review
  • symptoms/history reviewed

  • medications/supplements reviewed

  • all lab results reviewed

Initial 60-min Consultation
  • discuss symptoms and timeline

  • discuss overlap between hormones, sexual symptoms, metabolic issues, sleep, alcohol, stress, medications

  • safety and bleeding, where relevant

Diagnostic clarification
  • not every woman needs HRT

  • some need lifestyle/metabolic work first

  • some need localised treatment

  • some need more testing

  • some need onward referral

Personalised treatment plan (PTP)
  • lifestyle actions

  • supplement stack

  • metabolic strategy

  • medication options

  • HRT if appropriate

  • sexual symptom treatment

  • onward referral if required

Follow-up
  • depends on the pathway; usually at 6 weeks, then twice a year

  • monitoring built into care

  • review over time matters

Frequently Asked Questions

This page, last updated January 2026, is published under:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
You may reuse it with attribution to Dr Rui Graça and the Women’s Health Institute (WHI)

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