Women's health

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1. Minister acknowledges patients’ concerns about painful hysteroscopies; but will action be taken? (January 2021)

   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • Patient harmed
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     • Patient harmed
     • Pain
     • Consent

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, Wednesday at 14:20

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   • Wednesday at 14:20

2. Update on the government’s response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (Cumberlege) Review: 11 January 2021

   • Womens health
   • Patient harmed
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     • Patient harmed
     • Epilepsy
     • Pregnancy
     • Medical device

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 11 January

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   • 11 January

3. The normalisation of women’s pain

   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • Womens health
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     • Womens health
     • Pain

   By LiSaRa, 30 November, 2020

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   • Comment by Helena
   • 2 December, 2020

4. ‘Making it up to get out of household chores’: the devastating aftermath of vaginal mesh (November 2018)

   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • Womens health
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     • Womens health
     • Gaslighting
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient suffering

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 18 November, 2020

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   • 18 November, 2020

5. Primodos: The next steps towards justice (November 2020)

   • Patient harmed
   • Patient suffering
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     • Patient suffering
     • Epilepsy
     • Baby

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 16 November, 2020

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   • 16 November, 2020

6. Pain-free day surgery? Evaluating pain and pain assessment during hysteroscopy (September 2020)

   • Womens health
   • Pain
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     • Womens health
     • Pain
     • Patient suffering
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Consent

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 9 November, 2020

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   • 60 views
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   • 9 November, 2020

7. ‘Women are being dismissed, disbelieved and shut out’ (Stephanie O'Donohue, November 2020)

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 7 November, 2020

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   • 349 views
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   • 7 November, 2020

8. Improving hysteroscopy safety (Patient Safety Learning, November 2020)

   • Womens health
   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
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     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Pain
     • Patient suffering

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 November, 2020

   • 1 comment
   • 1,025 views
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   • Comment by Sam
   • 6 November, 2020

9. Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy: Open letter to the Department of Health and Social Care (20 October 2020)

   • Womens health
   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
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     • Womens health
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Pain
     • Patient suffering
     • Consent

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 November, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 434 views
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   • 6 November, 2020

10. “Pain-free hysteroscopy”, a blog by Dr Richard Harrison

    • Patient suffering
    • Pain
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      • Patient suffering
      • Pain
      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 November, 2020

    • 1 comment
    • 335 views
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    • Comment by Vicki mitchell
    • 19 November, 2020

11. Mesh Down Under

    • Patient harmed
    • Consent
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      • Patient harmed
      • Consent
      • Medical device

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 28 October, 2020

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    • 128 views
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    • 28 October, 2020

12. Hernia Mesh Canada (Facebook Group)

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 October, 2020

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    • 40 views
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    • 26 October, 2020

13. New Zealand’s approach to healing after harm from surgical mesh (15 October 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Patient harmed
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      • Patient harmed
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Pain

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 21 October, 2020

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    • 136 views
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    • 21 October, 2020

14. RCN: Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment (June 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Treatment
      • Appointment
      • Standards
      • Diagnosis
      • Training

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 October, 2020

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    • 60 views
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    • 20 October, 2020

15. APPG on Endometriosis Inquiry Report 2020. Endometriosis in the UK: time for change (October 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Recommendations

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 October, 2020

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    • 19 October, 2020

16. Luce Brett's blog: When you ARE that woman

    • Womens health
    • Medicine - Genitourinary

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 16 October, 2020

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    • 138 views
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    • 16 October, 2020

17. De-stigmatising incontinence with Luce Brett and Elaine Miller

    • Womens health
    • Medicine - Genitourinary
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      • Medicine - Genitourinary
      • Mental health
      • Physiotherapist

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 16 October, 2020

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    • 16 October, 2020

18. Pelvic Roar

    • Womens health
    • Physiotherapist

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 16 October, 2020

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    • 101 views
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    • 16 October, 2020

19. Black women’s health matters (October 2020)

    • Race
    • Health inequalities
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      • Race
      • Health inequalities
      • Womens health

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 12 October, 2020

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    • 12 October, 2020

20. House of Commons Debate - NHS Hysteroscopy Treatment (24 September 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
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    By Mark Hughes, 25 September, 2020

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    • 25 September, 2020

21. Menopause: RCN guidance for nurses, midwives and health visitors (16 September 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Nurse
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      • Nurse
      • Midwife
      • Treatment
      • Advice

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 September, 2020

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    • 20 September, 2020

22. Women’s Lives, Women’s Rights: Strengthening Access to Contraception Beyond the Pandemic

    • Womens health
    • Sexual and reproductive health
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      • Womens health
      • Sexual and reproductive health
      • Pandemic

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 16 September, 2020

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    • 16 September, 2020

23. Breastfeeding and medication

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Maternity
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      • Maternity
      • Midwife
      • Womens health
      • Medication

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 14 September, 2020

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    • 14 September, 2020

24. Uncharted bodies: Why we’re exploring the gender health gap (September 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Health inequalities
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      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 14 September, 2020

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    • 14 September, 2020

25. Management of anxiety and pain perception in women undergoing office hysteroscopy: a systematic review (5 March 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 13 September, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 91 views
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    • 13 September, 2020