Nick Panay is a consultant gynaecologist and Director of the West London Menopause & PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals, London, UK. He is an honorary senior lecturer, Imperial College London. Paula Briggs is a consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health at Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, UK. Gabor Kovacs is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.