Women's Health in George, with a Female GP

NeoHealth offers comprehensive women's health care in George. Dr Claudia Lakay, MBChB (Stellenbosch University), one of the few female GPs in George offering this breadth of women's health in-rooms, performs cervical screening, IUD insertion and removal, contraception consultations, hormonal health assessment (including PCOS and menopause), antenatal and postnatal care, and confidential STI screening.

Everything is done in a family GP setting. No gynaecologist referral is required for most services. Same-day bookings, follow-up consultations via telehealth, and evening appointments are available. Where workups call for them, we draw hormone and thyroid panels on-site at the same visit, and minor procedures including skin tag removal are available in-rooms when clinically indicated. Dr Lakay also administers IV vitamin therapy for energy and recovery as a wellness adjunct, after a clinical consultation to assess suitability.

Patients travel to NeoHealth from across the Garden Route (Wilderness, Mossel Bay, Knysna, and the wider Garden Route) because the combination of a female GP, modern care, and a proper unhurried consultation is not easy to find in the region.

Most women's health needs are general practice work, not gynaecological surgery. Cervical screening, contraception consultations, IUD insertion, hormonal health, menopause management, STI screening, and routine antenatal care all sit comfortably within a well-trained GP scope. The advantages of staying with a GP for these are continuity (you build a relationship over years rather than seeing a new face per visit), unhurried time (longer consultations rather than the 10-minute specialist slots most schemes fund), and a doctor who knows your full health picture, not just your reproductive system.

The decision to see Dr Lakay rather than a gynaecologist usually comes down to three things:

• Whether the consultation involves examination, screening, contraception, or hormonal health (GP scope) versus suspected pathology requiring surgical or sub-specialty input (gynaecologist scope)
• Whether you value seeing the same doctor across years for women's health alongside your general medical care
• Whether you prefer a longer, conversation-first consultation over a brief specialist visit

For everything within GP scope, we do the work in-rooms. For the small number of cases that genuinely need a gynaecologist (covered in the next section), we refer with full notes and continue to manage your overall care alongside specialist input.

We refer to a gynaecologist when the situation needs surgical or sub-specialty input. The most common scenarios are:

• Surgical pathology. Fibroids causing heavy bleeding or pressure symptoms that may need surgical management; ovarian cysts requiring imaging follow-up and surgical opinion; endometriosis where laparoscopy is being considered; abnormal cervical screening results that need colposcopy.
• Fertility investigation and treatment. Investigation of infertility beyond the basic GP workup (semen analysis, ovulation tracking, hormone profile) usually moves to a fertility specialist or a gynaecologist with a sub-specialty interest.
• High-risk obstetric care. Pregnancies with significant pre-existing conditions, prior obstetric complications, or factors requiring specialist obstetric oversight from booking through delivery.
• Persistent symptoms despite GP-level management. Heavy or irregular bleeding, pelvic pain, or hormonal symptoms that have not responded to first-line GP management warrant specialist review.
• Suspected gynaecological cancer. Any clinical finding suggesting cervical, ovarian, endometrial, or vulvar cancer goes immediately to specialist referral, usually with same-week priority.

For routine cervical screening, contraception, IUD insertion, menopause management, STI screening, and most other women's health concerns, a GP visit is the right starting point and often the only visit needed.

When we do refer, we send the actual notes, examination findings, and any test results that prompted the referral. You stay our patient through the referral pathway, and we manage your overall care alongside the specialist input.

A women's health consultation at NeoHealth typically runs 20-30 minutes, longer for first visits or complex consultations (menopause review, PCOS workup, antenatal booking). Dr Lakay's approach is conversation-first: the plan follows the history, not the other way round.

• Booking: online 24/7, WhatsApp, or phone.
• Medical aid: most SA medical aids accepted. Gap payment (if any) is payable on the day.
• Self-paying / cash: accepted; fees available on our fees page.
• Referrals: we refer to a defined network of gynaecologists, radiologists, and specialists in George and the Garden Route where needed.

Dr Claudia Lakay is a co-founder of NeoHealth. She holds an MBChB from Stellenbosch University and additional certifications in IV Therapy, Basic Surgical Skills, and aesthetic medicine (available Q3 2026). Her clinical focus is women's health: cervical screening, contraception (including IUD and implant insertion), menopause, PCOS, and antenatal care, with a warm, unhurried approach to every consultation.

She is one of the few female GPs in George offering this combination of services in-rooms, without specialist referral.