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Unfortunately, due to traditional gynaecology outpatient clinic paradigms, unnecessary patient\u2013clinician encounters are common and may lead to delays in diagnosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>The aim was to assess a novel clinic model for the management of women with PMB based on virtual assessment and routine use of the outpatient hysteroscopy clinic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An unblinded pragmatic randomised controlled trial was performed, comparing a \u2018virtual clinic\u2019 to routine outpatient clinical care. The primary outcome for assessment was time, measured as the interval (days) between referral triage and discharge for definitive management or to the general practitioner. Demographical and clinical data were collected. After discharge from the system, patients completed a satisfaction and feedback questionnaire. Log\u2010rank tests were used to compare the equality of time\u2010to\u2010event functions across randomised groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 96 participants, 46 in the intervention arm and 50 controls. The total time spent in the gynaecology system differed between groups (\u03a7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>(1)\u00a0=\u00a06.94, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u20090.008), with a median total time of 55\u2009days (95% confidence interval (CI): 37\u201366\u2009days) for the intervention group compared to a median of 84\u2009days (95% CI: 54\u2013101\u2009days) for the control group. The number of <jats:italic>in\u2010person<\/jats:italic> gynaecology encounters differed between those randomised to intervention (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u20090.001). 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