Content Guidelines & Community Safety
Effective date: 1 October 2026
The Endometriosis Awareness & Education Blog exists to provide clear, respectful and responsible educational information about endometriosis.
These guidelines explain the standards we use when creating, reviewing and maintaining content on the website.
1. Our Purpose
The website provides general educational information about endometriosis, including:
- symptoms and diagnosis;
- treatment and management;
- living with endometriosis;
- support for family and friends;
- awareness and advocacy; and
- relevant research and resources.
The website is not a healthcare service and does not provide individual medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
2. Medical Information
Health information should be presented carefully and proportionately.
Where appropriate, articles should:
- use reliable and identifiable sources;
- distinguish established evidence from emerging or uncertain evidence;
- avoid presenting personal opinion as medical fact;
- avoid promising that a treatment will work for everybody;
- explain important limitations or uncertainty; and
- encourage appropriate professional medical advice where necessary.
Medical information can change as evidence and clinical guidance develop.
Readers should therefore not use website content as a substitute for advice from an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
3. Personal Experiences and Patient Stories
Personal experiences can be valuable, but they must be genuine and clearly distinguished from general medical information.
The website will not knowingly present an invented or unattributed first-person experience as though it came from a real patient.
Where a genuine contributor’s experience is published, appropriate permission and attribution should be obtained unless anonymity has been specifically agreed.
A person’s individual experience should not be presented as evidence that everybody with endometriosis will have the same symptoms, response to treatment or outcome.
4. Expert and Professional Contributions
The website will not imply that a doctor, physiotherapist, dietitian or other professional contributed to, endorsed or approved an article unless there is a genuine basis for that statement.
Direct quotations should only be used where their source and context can be identified.
Professional titles and credentials should be described accurately.
The three articles published at the time of this update began as AI-generated drafts prepared for the Endometriosis Awareness & Education Blog. Dr Amena Shelleh reviewed each article, made edits as needed and approved the final version for publication. The publication takes editorial responsibility for the published content.
AI-generated drafts are not published automatically. Any future AI-assisted educational articles should undergo human editorial and clinical review before approval. Individual articles disclose their drafting and review process; AI is not represented as a human author or clinical reviewer.
5. Sources and References
Where an article makes significant medical, statistical or factual claims, we aim to use appropriate sources such as:
- NHS information;
- NICE guidance;
- professional medical organisations;
- recognised charities and patient organisations;
- peer-reviewed research; and
- other authoritative public-health or clinical sources.
Sources should be sufficiently specific that readers can identify the information being relied upon.
Broken, outdated or incorrectly attributed references should be corrected when identified.
6. Statistics
Statistics should be:
- accurately quoted;
- linked to an identifiable source where practical;
- dated where the timing matters; and
- described with enough context to avoid misleading readers.
Survey findings should not automatically be presented as though they describe every person with endometriosis.
7. Treatment and Lifestyle Information
Articles discussing medicines, surgery, diet, exercise, complementary therapies or other approaches should avoid overstating the evidence.
Content should make clear where:
- treatment requires individual clinical assessment;
- evidence is limited or developing;
- potential benefits vary between people;
- risks or contraindications may apply; or
- an approach is intended to support symptoms rather than treat endometriosis itself.
The website does not promote a single treatment plan for everybody.
8. Products and Recommendations
Where products, services, social-media accounts or other resources are discussed, we aim to make the basis for inclusion clear.
We should not describe something as independently tested, professionally endorsed or personally reviewed unless that is genuinely the case.
Any relevant commercial relationship should be disclosed where required.
9. Inclusive and Respectful Language
Endometriosis affects people from different backgrounds and circumstances.
We aim to use language that is respectful, clear and inclusive while remaining medically accurate.
Content should not shame, belittle or dismiss somebody because of their symptoms, identity, treatment choices, fertility decisions or personal circumstances.
10. Privacy and Sensitive Information
The website does not currently provide public comments, newsletter sign-up, advertising-enquiry forms or community-submission features.
Readers should not send detailed medical records or other sensitive health information through ordinary email.
For information about how personal information is handled, please read our Privacy Policy:
11. Corrections
We aim to correct material factual errors when they are identified.
This may include:
- updating outdated medical guidance;
- correcting statistics;
- replacing broken or incorrect references;
- removing unsupported quotations;
- clarifying misleading wording; or
- substantially rewriting content where necessary.
Corrections may be made without preserving outdated wording on the public page.
12. Editorial Independence
The purpose of the website is education and awareness.
Content should not be altered to make unsupported claims on behalf of an advertiser, product provider or other commercial organisation.
If commercial features are introduced in future, editorial and advertising content should be clearly distinguishable.
13. Raising a Concern
If you believe an article contains an important factual error, misleading medical claim, privacy problem or inappropriate attribution, please contact:
Please include the page or article title and enough information for the concern to be reviewed.
14. Updates to These Guidelines
These guidelines will be reviewed when the website’s editorial processes or public features change.
Last updated: 27 October 2026
