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

   • 0 comments
   • 1,700 views
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   • 8 March

2. Nursing Matters podcast: Why health care is a feminist issue – with guest Caroline Criado Perez (22 October 2021)

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Unconscious bias
     • Womens health
     • Data
     • Patient engagement

   By Mark Hughes, Monday at 10:14

   • 0 comments
   • 80 views
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   • Monday at 10:14

3. Ineffective medical device recalls are a patient safety scandal

   • Medical device
   • Regulatory issue
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Medical device
     • Regulatory issue
     • Patient harmed
     • Communication
     • System safety
     • Legal issue

   By Kath Sansom, 20 October

   • 2 comments
   • 733 views
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   • Comment by Mesh Lady
   • 21 October

4. British Menopause Society: Tools for clinicians

   • Womens health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 October

   • 0 comments
   • 75 views
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   • 18 October

5. Menopause: The Change is Here (18 October 2021)

   • Womens health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 October

   • 0 comments
   • 36 views
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   • 18 October

6. My endometriosis hell and why chronic pain patients need an end to 'medical gaslighting' (10 October 2021)

   • Endometriosis
   • Womens health
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Endometriosis
     • Womens health
     • Gaslighting
     • Mental health
     • Pain

   By Patient Safety Learning, 12 October

   • 0 comments
   • 97 views
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   • 12 October

7. The long-term impact of vaginal surgical mesh devices in UK primary care (29 July 2021)

   • Medical device
   • Womens health
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medical device
     • Womens health
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 August

   • 0 comments
   • 308 views
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   • 20 August

8. It’s time to expand the definition of ‘women’s health’ (Nature, 4 August 2021)

   • Womens health
   • Research
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Womens health
     • Research
     • Health inequalities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 August

   • 0 comments
   • 194 views
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   • 6 August

9. The ripples of trauma caused by severe pain during IUD procedures (BMJ Opinion, July 2021)

   • Pain
   • Womens health
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Pain
     • Womens health
     • Consent
     • Sexual and reproductive health
     • Patient harmed

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 July

   • 0 comments
   • 264 views
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   • 26 July

10. Lives devastated, bodies mutilated – and no end to the excruciating pain: The heartbreaking surgical mesh story every woman should watch (Mail+)

    • Patient harmed
    • Womens health
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient harmed
      • Womens health
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Surgery - General

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 19 July

    • 0 comments
    • 227 views
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    • 19 July

11. Women's Hour: Baroness Cumberlege (12 July 2021)

    • Womens health
    • Medical device
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 14 July

    • 0 comments
    • 227 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 14 July

12. A common treatment for endometriosis could actually be making things worse

    • Womens health
    • Endometriosis
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Endometriosis
      • Patient safety / risk management leads
      • Treatment

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 July

    • 0 comments
    • 193 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 13 July

13. Caitlin Moran: ‘Coil fitting left me traumatised’

    • Womens health
    • Sexual and reproductive health

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 June

    • 0 comments
    • 199 views
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    • 29 June

14. The use of local anaesthesia for intrauterine device insertion by health professionals in the UK (5 February 2013)

    • Sexual and reproductive health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Sexual and reproductive health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Pain

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 21 June

    • 0 comments
    • 117 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 21 June

15. Accuracy of providers' assessment of pain during intrauterine device insertion (September 2013)

    • Sexual and reproductive health
    • Pain
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Sexual and reproductive health
      • Pain
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 21 June

    • 0 comments
    • 172 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 21 June

16. The pain of my IUD fitting was horrific…and I’m not alone

    • Sexual and reproductive health
    • Womens health
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Sexual and reproductive health
      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Consent

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 21 June

    • 0 comments
    • 1,769 views
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    • 21 June

17. Valproate Safety Implementation Group

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Epilepsy
      • Risk management

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 June

    • 0 comments
    • 188 views
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    • 14 June

18. Letter to women and girls taking sodium valproate (14 June)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • General Practice
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • General Practice
      • Womens health
      • Epilepsy
      • Risk management

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 14 June

    • 0 comments
    • 198 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 14 June

19. Women's Health Special - Nadine Dorries, Unwell Women, Mesh removal centres, Autoimmunity (R4 Women's Hour, 9 June 2021)

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

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Unconscious bias

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 13 June

    • 0 comments
    • 114 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 13 June

20. Patient Safety Learning: Women’s Health Strategy Consultation Response

    • Womens health
    • Patient safety strategy

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 June

    • 0 comments
    • 306 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 10 June

21. Sodium Valproate: The Fetal Valproate Syndrome Tragedy

    • Womens health
    • Baby
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Baby
      • Pregnancy
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 June

    • 0 comments
    • 6,998 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 10 June

22. Female stress urinary incontinence surgery: ‘Resurgence of the Titans’ (28 May 2021)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Surgery - Urology
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 June

    • 0 comments
    • 197 views
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    • 8 June

23. The burden of reoperations and timeline of problems in 1,530 cases of mesh-related complications (April 2021)

    • Medical device
    • Womens health
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medical device
      • Womens health
      • Patient safety incident
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 June

    • 0 comments
    • 147 views
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    • 1 June

24. Cervical screening when deaf

    • Deafness
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 20 May

    • 0 comments
    • 166 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 20 May

25. Cervical screening: support for people who feel anxious about attending

    • Screening

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 15 May

    • 0 comments
    • 157 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 15 May