Dr Farida Bano, Consultant Gynaecologist
Dr Farida Bano
Consultant Gynaecologist
Dr Farida Bano MBBS, FRCOG
Consultant Gynaecologist
About Dr Farida Bano
GMC number: 4760595
Year qualified: 1993
Place of primary qualification: University of Karachi
Initial consultation fee: £280
Follow up consultation fee: £220
Dr Farida Bano is a Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician working at the Portland Hospital, London as well as Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, where she is the lead GP trainer.
She is expert in gynaecology, colposcopy, vaginal surgery, contraception, menopause/HRT, urogynaecology and pelvic pain.
Dr Bano is a published research author and presents both nationally and internationally at medical conferences.
Areas of expertise
- Abdominal hysterectomy
- Abnormal smears
- Adenomyosis
- Adhesions
- Ambulatory gynaecology
- Amenorrhoea
- Bacterial vaginosis
- Bartholin's cyst
- Blood testing and results interpretation
- Candidiasis (thrush)
- Cervical (cone) biopsy
- Cervical polyps
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Coil insertion
- Colposcopy
- Complex benign gynaecology
- Contraception advice
- Cosmetic gynaecology
- Cystocele
- Dilation and curettage
- Dysmenorrhoea (period pain)
- Early pregnancy
- Early pregnancy care
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Emergency contraception
- Endometrial ablation
- Endometrial biopsy
- Endometriosis
- Enterocele
- Family planning
- Female sterilisation (tubal ligation)
- Fibroid surgery
- Fibroids
- Genital warts
- Heavy periods (menorrhagia)
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Hot flushes
- Hysterectomy
- Hysteroscopic resection of fibroids
- Hysteroscopic surgery
- Hysteroscopy
- Intrauterine device (IUD) insertion
- Intrauterine device (IUD) removal
- Intrauterine system (IUS)
- Irregular periods
- Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis
- Large loop excision of the cervix (LLETZ)
- Laser ablation
- Late or missed period
- Lichen planus
- Lichen sclerosus
- Menopause
- Menstrual irregularities
- Miscarriage
- Myomectomy
- Office hysteroscopy
- Oophorectomy (ovary removal surgery)
- Ovarian cysts
- Overactive bladder
- Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology
- Painful intercourse (dyspareunia)
- Pelvic congestion surgery
- Pelvic congestion syndrome
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Pelvic floor surgery
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Pelvic pain
- Pelvic surgery
- Pelviscopy (pelvic laparoscopy)
- Perimenopause
- Pessary (for prolapse and incontinence)
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Postmenopausal bleeding
- Pre-conception counselling
- Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Premature menopause
- Premature ovarian failure or insufficiency
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- Rectocele
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Regulated bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (rbhrt)
- Salpingectomy (fallopian tube removal)
- Smear test
- Subfertility
- Treatment-induced menopause
- Trichomoniasis
- Tubal surgery
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary retention
- Uro-gynaecology
- Uterine polyps
- Uterine, vaginal and vulvar disorders
- Vaginal atrophy
- Vaginal infection
- Vaginal prolapse
- Vaginal wall repair
- Vaginal warts
- Vulva pain
- Vulvodynia
- Well woman check
- Women's health
Professional memberships
Articles by Dr Farida Bano
Effect of intrauterine contraceptive device on concentration of inorganic phosphorus and cholesterol in human uterine fluid