This clinic is held once a month and is attended by Dr Ian Ellis, Consultant Clinical Geneticist and Caroline Benjamin a Genetic Counsellor. The aim of this clinic is to assess the women attending for increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.

There is strong evidence that some ovarian cancers are due to genetic factors and the women referred will have two or more close relatives who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, or if a first degree relative eg mother developed the disease before the age of 50.

A detailed family history is taken and if a woman is found to be at increased risk she is offered annual screening and counselling.