Women's health

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1. Hysteroscopy: 6 calls for action to prevent avoidable harm

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

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

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 1 March, 2023

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   • 1 March, 2023

2. My hysteroscopy experience felt like gold standard

   • Womens health
   • Hysteroscopy

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 2 June

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   • 937 views
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   • 2 June

3. The King's Fund: What would it take for the NHS to treat violence against women and girls as a public health emergency? (19 May 2026)

   • Womens health
   • Violence/ abuse

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 May

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   • 17 May

4. From pain gaslighting to gender biases in women’s accounts of hysteroscopy: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis (20 April 2026)

   • Hysteroscopy
   • Pain
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Hysteroscopy
     • Pain
     • Research
     • Health inequalities
     • Womens health
     • Bias
     • Gaslighting

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 April

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   • 27 April

5. Mesh‑injured women recognised in Women’s Health Strategy speech (16 April 2026)

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

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     • Womens health
     • Medical device
     • Patient suffering

   By Patient Safety Learning, 22 April

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   • 331 views
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   • 22 April

6. The 2026 Women’s Health Strategy – has mesh dropped to the bottom of the pile?

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

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     • Womens health
     • Patient harmed
     • Recommendations
     • Health inequalities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 April

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   • 20 April

7. Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England (15 April 2026)

   • Womens health
   • Policies
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Policies
     • Leadership
     • Health inequalities

   By Mark Hughes, 16 April

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   • 2,672 views
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   • 16 April

8. Disbelieved, dismissed, delayed: Endometriosis diagnosis inequalities in ethnically diverse communities (23 March 2026)

   • Endometriosis
   • Diagnosis
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Endometriosis
     • Diagnosis
     • Treatment
     • Womens health
     • Pain
     • Gaslighting
     • Health inequalities
     • Ethnicity

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 March

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   • 380 views
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   • 23 March

9. The Lichen Sclerosus Guide: online resource co-produced by patients and doctors

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

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     • Womens health
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Person-centred care
     • Communication
     • Information sharing
     • Patient engagement
     • Treatment
     • Diagnosis

   By Patient Safety Learning, 12 March

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   • 2,727 views
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   • 12 March

10. Menopause and mental health: Implications for clinical practice, services and policy (RCPYSCH, March 2026)

    • Menopause
    • Womens health
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Menopause
      • Womens health
      • Mental health
      • Symptoms

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 March

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    • 1,578 views
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    • 3 March

11. The state of endometriosis care in the UK: A roadmap for driving down diagnosis times and improving access to care (2 March 2026)

    • Endometriosis
    • Womens health
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Endometriosis
      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Diagnosis
      • Patient suffering

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 March

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    • 1,434 views
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    • 3 March

12. Thrush and vulval nerve damage: lack of information and knowledge puts patients at risk (a blog by Philly Baines)

    • Infection control
    • Womens health
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Infection control
      • Womens health
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 10 February

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    • 1,455 views
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    • 10 February

13. Medical misogyny - things surgeons have said to women in Sling the Mesh (19 October 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Pain
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Gaslighting
      • Patient suffering
      • Health inequalities

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 February

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    • 219 views
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    • 3 February

14. Cervical screening uptake: supporting positive patient experiences is key

    • Screening
    • Cancer
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Screening
      • Cancer
      • Womens health
      • Person-centred care
      • Information sharing
      • Accessibility

    By Patient Safety Learning, 22 January

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    • 826 views
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    • 22 January

15. Facing a smear test after my trauma (BMJ, 10 September 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Screening
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Screening
      • Cancer

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 January

    • 0 comments
    • 210 views
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    • 21 January

16. Women's Health Plan: Phase Two 2026 - 2029 (Scottish Government, 20 January 2026)

    • Womens health
    • Policies
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Policies
      • Scotland

    By Mark Hughes, 21 January

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    • 623 views
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    • 21 January

17. Are we ever going to get an answer to the Hughes report, Secretary of State? (Oral evidence session at the Health and Social Care Select Committee, 17 December 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Redress

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 22 December, 2025

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    • 502 views
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    • 22 December, 2025

18. BMJ letter: Informed choice and patient involvement are key to improving experiences of gynaecological procedures (Stephanie O'Donohue, 16 December 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 16 December, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 448 views
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    • 16 December, 2025

19. Zimbabwe’s only female heart surgeon on medicine, misogyny and making a difference (9 December 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Bias

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 10 December, 2025

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    • 339 views
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    • 10 December, 2025

20. Boston scientific mesh lawsuit filed over complications From Obtryx II mid-urethral sling system

    • Womens health
    • Legal issue

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 10 December, 2025

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    • 447 views
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    • 10 December, 2025

21. The Report of the Independent External Review of Governance within the Breast Surgery Services (November 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - General

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 2 December, 2025

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    • 620 views
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    • 2 December, 2025

22. Radio 4 Women's Hour: PIP breast implant scandal (29 October 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Womens health
      • Patient harmed
      • Medical device
      • Regulatory issue
      • Negligence claim
      • Investigation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 November, 2025

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    • 1,219 views
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    • 12 November, 2025

23. “It’s not menopause, you’re too young and don’t have the right symptoms"—the difficulties accessing menopause support and treatment

    • Medication
    • Prescribing
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Medication
      • Prescribing
      • Menopause
      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities

    By Clare Wade, 17 October, 2025

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    • 1,538 views
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    • 17 October, 2025

24. Women’s heart health - a patient safety priority

    • Womens health
    • Medicine - Cardiology
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Medicine - Cardiology
      • Symptoms

    By Risa Mallory, 15 October, 2025

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    • 1,701 views
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    • 15 October, 2025

25. Managing heavy periods: decision support tool (updated March 2025)

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 15 September, 2025

    • 0 comments
    • 731 views
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    • 15 September, 2025