Women's health

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1. Through the hysteroscope: Reflections of a gynaecologist

   • Womens health
   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 January

   • 6 comments
   • 1,400 views
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   • Comment by Spag Bol
   • 9 February

2. The normalisation of women’s pain

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

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     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Womens health
     • Pain

   By LiSaRa, 30 November, 2020

   • 4 comments
   • 2,787 views
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   • Comment by Helena
   • 2 December, 2020

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

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

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 November, 2020

   • 1 comment
   • 1,159 views
   • 
   • Comment by Sam
   • 6 November, 2020

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

   • Patient suffering
   • Pain
   • (and 2 more)

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 November, 2020

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

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

   • Patient harmed
   • Consent
   • (and 4 more)

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

   By Claire Cox, 4 March, 2020

   • 1 comment
   • 476 views
   • 
   • Comment by Dean
   • 5 March, 2020

6. 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, 10 January, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 241 views
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   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 10 January, 2020

7. 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, 1 August, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 97 views
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   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 1 August, 2020

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

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

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 21 October, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 175 views
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   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 21 October, 2020

9. 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, 5 August, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 108 views
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   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 5 August, 2020

10. 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, 10 August, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 906 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 10 August, 2020

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

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Womens health
    • (and 3 more)

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 18 November, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 118 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 18 November, 2020

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

    • Womens health
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 3 more)

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 11 January

    • 0 comments
    • 214 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 11 January

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

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

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

    By Mark Hughes, 25 September, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 441 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 25 September, 2020

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

    • Decision making
    • Surgery - Urology
    • (and 4 more)

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 238 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 13 May, 2020

15. 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, 13 June, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 116 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 13 June, 2020

16. RCOG: Better for women report. Improving the health and wellbeing of girls and women (December 2019)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Process redesign
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Process redesign
      • Perception / understanding
      • Womens health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 December, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 395 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 4 December, 2019

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

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 2 more)

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 20 January

    • 0 comments
    • 330 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 20 January

18. The taboo around the menopause in medicine leads to widespread human and economic loss (24 August)

    • Womens health
    • Staff support
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Staff support
      • Work / environment factors

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 24 August, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 233 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 24 August, 2020

19. Mesh Down Under

    • Patient harmed
    • Consent
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Patient harmed
      • Consent
      • Medical device

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 28 October, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 152 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 28 October, 2020

20. Hernia Mesh Canada (Facebook Group)

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 October, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 53 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 26 October, 2020

21. Healthcare Huddle: The things you need to know about the First Do No Harm report by Baroness Cumberledge

    • Womens health
    • Consent
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Consent
      • Patient harmed
      • Investigation

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 August, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 192 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 26 August, 2020

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, 17 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 314 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 17 January, 2020

23. APPG for First Do No Harm – meeting with Minister for Patient Safety (26 January 2021)

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

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      • Womens health
      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 27 January

    • 0 comments
    • 149 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 27 January

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

    • Womens health
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 3 more)

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 6 November, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 481 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 6 November, 2020

25. 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, 24 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 483 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 24 January, 2020