Women's health

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1. Cumberlege review exposes stubborn and dangerous flaws in healthcare (6 August 2020)

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Epilepsy
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Pregnancy
     • Consent

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, Monday at 07:25

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   • Monday at 07:25

2. ESMYA: Insufficient clinical benefit to justify reimbursement for the treatment of uterine fibroids (February 2019)

   • Womens health
   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Medication

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, August 5

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   • August 5

3. Gender bias: A threat to women’s health (August 2020)

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

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     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Unconscious bias

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, August 4

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   • August 4

4. The Yentl syndrome is alive and well (March 2011)

   • Womens health
   • Heart disease
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Heart disease
     • Coronary heart disease
     • Health inequalities
     • Unconscious bias
     • Medicine - Cardiology

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, August 1

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   • August 1

5. Yentl syndrome: how this little-known gender bias could be costing women their lives

   • Womens health
   • Heart disease
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Heart disease
     • Coronary heart disease
     • Patient death
     • Diagnosis
     • Discrimination
     • Health inequalities

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 31

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   • 117 views
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   • July 31

6. Hearing and Responding to the Stories of Survivors of Surgical Mesh: May 2020 update (New Zealand's Ministry of Health)

   • Patient harmed
   • Surgery - General
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Patient harmed
     • Surgery - General
     • Action plan
     • Womens health

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 31

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   • 95 views
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   • July 31

7. Endometriosis pain: “Doctors told me my period pains were nothing. Then I collapsed.”

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 30

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   • July 30

8. Pain bias: The health inequality rarely discussed (May 2018)

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 30

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   • 17 views
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   • July 30

9. Is sexism In medicine driving women to dangerous 'natural' cures?

   • Womens health
   • Treatment
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Treatment
     • Health inequalities
     • Patient harmed

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 30

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   • 19 views
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   • July 30

10. Bias and Biology: How the gender gap in heart disease is costing women’s lives (September 2019)

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

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      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Coronary heart disease

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 29

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    • 70 views
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    • July 29

11. Hearing and Responding to the Stories of Survivors of Surgical Mesh (New Zealand report, December 2019)

    • Patient harmed
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Patient harmed
      • Surgery - General
      • Patient engagement
      • Womens health

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 29

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    • 29 views
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    • July 29

12. 2-minute Tuesdays: First Do No Harm (reflections on the Cumberlege Report)

    • Womens health
    • Consent
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Consent
      • Patient harmed
      • Health inequalities

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, July 29

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    • 30 views
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    • July 29

13. The obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) care bundle project

    • Quality improvement
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Quality improvement
      • Patient harmed
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Risk management

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, June 19

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    • 93 views
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    • June 19

14. NICE: Surgery for stress urinary incontinence. Patient decision aid

    • Surgery - Urology
    • Decision making
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Surgery - Urology
      • Decision making
      • Patient

    By Patient Safety Learning, June 13

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    • 35 views
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    • June 13

15. Development, validation and initial evaluation of patient-decision aid (SUI-PDA©) for women considering stress urinary incontinence surgery

    • Decision making
    • Surgery - Urology
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      • Decision making
      • Surgery - Urology
      • Patient
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Treatment
      • Womens health

    By Patient Safety Learning, May 13

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    • 47 views
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    • May 13

16. How to manage contraceptive provision without face to face consultations (March 2020)

    • Social distancing
    • Primary care
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Social distancing
      • Primary care
      • General Practice
      • Sexual and reproductive health
      • Womens health

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, April 8

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    • 161 views
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    • April 8

17. Women’s experiences of decision-making and attitudes in relation to induction of labour: A survey study (March 2020)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Decision making
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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Decision making
      • Patient engagement
      • Womens health

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, March 9

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    • 183 views
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    • March 9

18. Primary Care Women's Health Forum: Resources

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

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, March 8

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    • 128 views
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    • March 8

19. Vaginal mesh implants: The biggest medical scandal of our generation (3 March 2020)

    • Patient harmed
    • Consent
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      • Patient harmed
      • Consent
      • Risk assessment
      • Adult
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Patient

    By Claire Cox, March 4

    • 1 comment
    • 211 views
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    • Comment by Dean
    • March 5

20. Aren't the days of 'doctor knows best' over? : Why healthcare needs a feminist revolution.

    • Health inequalities
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, February 4

    • 0 comments
    • 99 views
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    • February 4

21. Outpatient hysteroscopy: RCOG patient leaflet

    • Patient
    • Outpatients
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Patient
      • Outpatients
      • protocols and procedures
      • Consent
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Patient harmed

    By Claire Cox, January 24

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    • 257 views
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    • January 24

22. The value of endocervical and endometrial lidocaine flushing before office hysteroscopy: A randomized controlled trial (October 2019)

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

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Anaesthesia
      • Primary care
      • Patient suffering

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, January 17

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    • 222 views
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    • January 17

23. The female problem: how male bias in medical trials ruined women's health (November 2019)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 1 more)

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, January 11

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    • January 11

24. Menstrual cup use, leakage, acceptability, safety, and availability: a systematic review and meta-analysis (August 2019)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Safety assessment
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Safety assessment
      • Risk assessment
      • Womens health

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, January 11

    • 0 comments
    • 92 views
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    • January 11

25. Painful hysteroscopy and biopsy (November 2019)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Patient suffering
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Patient suffering
      • Safety management

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, January 10

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    • 135 views
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    • January 10