Women's health

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1. Pain relief and informed decision making for outpatient hysteroscopy (Good Practice Paper No. 16)

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

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

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 19 hours ago

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2. Medical gaslighting: ‘No man would be asked if they suffer from panic attacks while having a heart attack’ (Irish Times, 28 January 2023)

   • Womens health
   • Gaslighting
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Gaslighting
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Discrimination
     • Doctor
     • Patient
     • Confirmation bias

   By Patient Safety Learning, Tuesday at 08:03

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3. Hysteroscopy pain: A discussion with anaesthetists. A blog by Helen Hughes

   • Womens health
   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Pain
     • Discrimination
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • England
     • Anaesthetist

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 February

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   • 2 February

4. House of Commons Debate – NHS hysteroscopy treatment (31 January 2023)

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

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 1 February

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   • 1 February

5. The Hologic Global Women’s Health Index 2021: Pathways to a healthy future for women (24 January 2023)

   • Womens health
   • Global health
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Global health
     • Health Disparities
     • Health inequalities
     • Cancer
     • Social determinants of health
     • Stress

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 January

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   • 25 January

6. Sarah Graham - “The gender health gap revolution is already underway” (16 December 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Patient engagement
     • Communication
     • Consent
     • Decision making
     • LGBTQI

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 20 January

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   • 20 January

7. Sarah Graham - Doctors treated my endometriosis like a character flaw rather than a medical condition (iNews, 5 January 2023)

   • Womens health
   • Discrimination
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Discrimination
     • Diagnosis
     • Endometriosis
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Gaslighting

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 January

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   • 18 January

8. The difficulty of medical negligence cases and why financial redress from the Government is so important for mesh victims

   • Womens health
   • Legal issue
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Legal issue
     • Negligence claim
     • Redress
     • Medical device
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities

   By Kath Sansom, 17 January

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   • 17 January

9. A novel characterisation approach to reveal the mechano–chemical effects of oxidation and dynamic distension on polypropylene surgical mesh (27 October 2021)

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

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

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 11 January

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   • 11 January

10. Sarah Graham - How to get doctors to listen when you’re being ‘hysterical’ (5 January 2023)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
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      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Unconscious bias
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Outpatients

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 11 January

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    • 11 January

11. When things go wrong: experiences of vaginal mesh complications (January 2023)

    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • Womens health
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Womens health
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 9 January

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    • 9 January

12. Transvaginal mesh-related complications and the potential role of bacterial colonization: an exploratory observational study (25 November 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Medical device
      • Patient suffering
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 December, 2022

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    • 16 December, 2022

13. Forbes Advisor - Vaginal mesh lawsuit update October 2022 (11 November 2022)

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

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      • Medical device
      • Womens health
      • Legal issue
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 November, 2022

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    • 24 November, 2022

14. In-FACT review of epilepsy medications in pregnancy - Survey (8 November 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Epilepsy
      • Risk management
      • Medication
      • Reporting
      • Patient
      • Pregnancy
      • Mental health

    By Mark Hughes, 10 November, 2022

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    • 10 November, 2022

15. Hysteroscopy Action: letter sent to Women’s Minister (7 November 2022)

    • Lack of resources
    • Anaesthesia
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Lack of resources
      • Anaesthesia
      • Womens health

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 8 November, 2022

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    • 8 November, 2022

16. Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy Survey (updated November 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Pain
    • (and 5 more)

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 7 November, 2022

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    • 7 November, 2022

17. Blog - The pain gap: Gender bias in endometriosis pain management (7 September 2022)

    • Endometriosis
    • Pain
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Endometriosis
      • Pain
      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Unconscious bias
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 November, 2022

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    • 7 November, 2022

18. New Scientist - The gender pain gap has gone on for too long: it's time we closed it (23 June 2021)

    • Pain
    • Womens health
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Pain
      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Endometriosis

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 November, 2022

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    • 2 November, 2022

19. Transvaginal mesh timeline: the gynaecological scandal that rocked the world (9 January 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Medical device
    • (and 3 more)

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 31 October, 2022

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    • 31 October, 2022

20. ‘They can’t ignore us any more’: five women on long Covid and medical misogyny (The Guardian, 18 October 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Long Covid
      • Gaslighting

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 October, 2022

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    • 20 October, 2022

21. World Menopause Day 2022: Raising awareness of surgical menopause

    • Menopause
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Menopause
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Womens health
      • Decision making
      • Communication
      • Patient suffering
      • Training

    By Anonymous, 18 October, 2022

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    • 18 October, 2022

22. Professor Joyce Harper - What everyone should know about menopause symptoms (7 July 2022)

    • Menopause
    • Womens health
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Menopause
      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Age
      • Information sharing
      • Symptoms

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 October, 2022

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    • 18 October, 2022

23. Pausitivity - Know your menopause poster

    • Menopause
    • Information sharing
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Menopause
      • Information sharing
      • Symptoms
      • Communication
      • Health literacy
      • Patient
      • Womens health

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 October, 2022

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    • 18 October, 2022

24. Surgical menopause: a toolkit for healthcare professionals (British Menopause Society)

    • Womens health
    • Menopause
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Menopause
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 October, 2022

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    • 16 October, 2022

25. Menopause Support - Getting the most out of your doctor’s appointment (April 2020)

    • Womens health
    • Menopause
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Menopause
      • GP
      • Decision making
      • Patient
      • Information sharing
      • Communication
      • Appointment

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 16 October, 2022

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    • 161 views
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    • 16 October, 2022