Women's health

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1. Dangerous exclusions: The risk to patient safety of sex and gender bias (Patient Safety Learning, March 2021)

   • Unconscious bias
   • Health inequalities
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Unconscious bias
     • Health inequalities
     • User centred design
     • Data
     • Womens health
     • Medical device
     • Patient engagement

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 8 March, 2021

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   • 8 March, 2021

2. Why gender is at the heart of the matter for cardiac illness (18 September 2022)

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Womens health
     • Medicine - Cardiology
     • Heart disease
     • Discrimination
     • Unconscious bias
     • Confirmation bias

   By Patient Safety Learning, Wednesday at 08:06

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   • 80 views
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   • Wednesday at 08:06

3. Miss Diagnosed: The health handbook every woman (and man) should read (18 July 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Pregnancy
     • Menopause
     • Mental health
     • Heart disease
     • Stroke
     • Dementia
     • Cancer

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 September

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   • 124 views
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   • 7 September

4. Surgeons' Hall Museums blog - A significant moment (2 September 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Womens health
     • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
     • Redress
     • Regulatory issue
     • Scotland
     • Medical device
     • Patient suffering

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 September

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   • 39 views
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   • 5 September

5. The King's Fund: Has the Women’s Health Strategy listened to what women really need? (30 August 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September

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   • 127 views
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   • 2 September

6. Specialist mesh centres are failing to offer adequate support to women harmed by mesh (Patient Safety Learning and Sling the Mesh)

   • Womens health
   • Medical device
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Medical device
     • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
     • Patient harmed
     • Regulatory issue
     • More staff training
     • Patient suffering
     • Patient engagement

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 August

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   • 705 views
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   • 25 August

7. Women's Health Strategy for England: DHSC policy paper (20 July 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Policies
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Policies
     • Endometriosis
     • Menopause
     • Health inequalities
     • Leadership
     • Pregnancy
     • Maternity
     • Cancer
     • Screening

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 July

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   • 20 July

8. Doctors’ shocking comments reveal institutional misogyny towards women harmed by pelvic mesh - a Patient Safety Learning blog

   • Womens health
   • Medical device
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Womens health
     • Medical device
     • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
     • Patient harmed
     • Redress
     • Communication
     • Discrimination

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 19 July

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   • 697 views
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   • 19 July

9. Vaginal mesh: The forgotten women (4 July 2022)

   • Medical device
   • Womens health
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medical device
     • Womens health
     • Patient harmed
     • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
     • Legal issue
     • Patient involvement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 July

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   • 102 views
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   • 17 July

10. Joint Committee on Health: Discussion on issues relating to vaginal mesh implants (4 July 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Medical device
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Legal issue
      • Regulatory issue

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 July

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    • 16 July

11. Bristol Centre for Surgical Research - Paula Goss: A patient story from a mesh survivor (8 July 2022)

    • Decision making
    • Patient
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Decision making
      • Patient
      • Womens health
      • Consent
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 July

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    • 174 views
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    • 13 July

12. House of Commons debate - Gynaecological services: Waiting lists (6 July 2022)

    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • Womens health
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Womens health
      • Long waiting list
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Patient suffering

    By Mark Hughes, 11 July

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    • 247 views
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    • 11 July

13. ‘The pain is inhumane’: how NHS gynaecology delays affect women’s health (The Guardian, 2 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Health inequalities
      • Discrimination
      • Pain

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 June

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    • 207 views
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    • 17 June

14. Video - Calls for an end to pelvic mesh surgery amid chronic pain (15 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Pain
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Patient harmed
      • Redress
      • Regulatory issue

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 June

    • 0 comments
    • 149 views
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    • 17 June

15. BMJ analysis: Normalising menopause (15 June 2022)

    • Menopause
    • Womens health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 June

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    • 157 views
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    • 17 June

16. Women must insist on pain relief during medical procedures (The Guardian, 12 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Speaking up
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Speaking up
      • Pain
      • Patient suffering
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Anaesthesia
      • Health inequalities

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 June

    • 0 comments
    • 211 views
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    • 13 June

17. Minister Maria Caulfield says more must be done for female health (Marie Claire, 12 May 2022)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Cancer
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Cancer
      • Womens health
      • Diagnosis

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 June

    • 0 comments
    • 168 views
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    • 12 June

18. ‘Medical gaslighting’ exists – if you’re a woman (The Independent, 10 June 2022)

    • Pain
    • Womens health
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Pain
      • Womens health
      • Gaslighting
      • Health Disparities
      • Health inequalities

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 June

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    • 322 views
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    • 10 June

19. Why are mesh victims still being betrayed two years after excoriating official inquiry? Investigation reveals no recommendation has been implemented properly and its use in women is STILL continuing (7 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Redress
      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed
      • UK
      • Regulatory issue

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 June

    • 0 comments
    • 141 views
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    • 8 June

20. Medical misogyny by Iona Winters (30 May 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Pain
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Medical device

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 June

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    • 277 views
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    • 1 June

21. Autoinflammatory/autoimmunity syndrome induced by adjuvants in patients after a polypropylene mesh implantation (August 2018)

    • Medicine - Rheumatology
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medicine - Rheumatology
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Medical device
      • Research
      • Womens health
      • Arthritis

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 May

    • 0 comments
    • 169 views
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    • 30 May

22. The long-term impact of vaginal surgical mesh devices in UK primary care: a cohort study in the CPRD (4 August 2021)

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Pain
      • Research
      • Data
      • UK
      • Medical device

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 May

    • 0 comments
    • 191 views
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    • 30 May

23. Letter from the APPG First Do No Harm to Maria Caulfield MP (18 May 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Patient harmed
      • Legal issue
      • Medical device
      • Medication

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 May

    • 0 comments
    • 315 views
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    • 18 May

24. Mesh implant scandal: interview with Kath Sansom and Alec Shelbrooke on GB News (19 April 2022)

    • Medical device
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed
      • Womens health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 7 May

    • 0 comments
    • 270 views
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    • 7 May

25. Menopause and the workplace: Fawcett Society 2022

    • Womens health
    • Menopause
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Menopause
      • Survey
      • Data

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 May

    • 0 comments
    • 388 views
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    • 6 May