Women's health

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1. Mesh update from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy (Sling the Mesh, 14 June 2023)

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 19 June, 2023

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   • 19 June, 2023

2. From blinding cramps to condescending doctors, Alexa Chung explains her endometriosis journey – and why she’s finally hopeful for a cure (June 2023)

   • Womens health
   • Endometriosis
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     • Womens health
     • Endometriosis
     • Diagnosis
     • Pain

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 13 June, 2023

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   • 13 June, 2023

3. Making the case for better lupus and rare auto-immune disease provision for patients in Wales (2021)

   • Womens health
   • Autoimmune conditions

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 12 June, 2023

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   • 12 June, 2023

4. Making the case for better menopause services in Wales

   • Womens health
   • Menopause

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 12 June, 2023

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   • 12 June, 2023

5. Endometriosis care in Wales: Provision, care pathway, workforce planning and quality and outcome measures (April 2018)

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

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 12 June, 2023

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   • 12 June, 2023

6. Women’s Health Wales: A quality statement for the health of women and girls (2022)

   • Womens health

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 12 June, 2023

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   • 12 June, 2023

7. The state of women’s health in England and the journey ahead (Forbes, 24 May 2023)

   • Womens health
   • UK
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     • Womens health
     • UK
     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Discrimination
     • Health inequalities
     • Leadership

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 June, 2023

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   • 7 June, 2023

8. Can we talk about incontinence? (Radio 5 Live, 16 May 2023)

   • Womens health
   • Medicine - Genitourinary

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 May, 2023

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   • 23 May, 2023

9. Transvaginal Mesh, Part 2: Deadly Devices (17 May 2023)

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

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 17 May, 2023

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   • 17 May, 2023

10. Trans vaginal mesh. Part 1: Deadly devices (Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson, 21 April 2023)

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 April, 2023

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    • 24 April, 2023

11. Joint safety alert: appropriate doses of oestrogen and progestogen provided to women experiencing symptoms of menopause (3 April 2023).

    • Menopause
    • Womens health
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Menopause
      • Womens health
      • Medication
      • Prescribing

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 April, 2023

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    • 20 April, 2023

12. Long-term rate of mesh sling removal following midurethral mesh sling insertion among women with stress urinary incontinence (2018)

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 April, 2023

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    • 18 April, 2023

13. Clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction following inpatient or outpatient hysteroscopy and polypectomy: A service evaluation (27 March 2017)

    • Womens health
    • Hysteroscopy
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      • Womens health
      • Hysteroscopy
      • protocols and procedures
      • Pain
      • Research
      • Patient
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 April, 2023

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    • 13 April, 2023

14. A retrospective case-control study on menstrual cycle changes following COVID-19 vaccination and disease (April 2023)

    • Long Covid
    • Womens health
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      • Long Covid
      • Womens health
      • Vaccination

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 12 April, 2023

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    • 12 April, 2023

15. Pain relief for hysteroscopy (I forgot to ask the doctor - podcast)

    • Womens health
    • Hysteroscopy
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      • Womens health
      • Hysteroscopy
      • Pain

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 11 April, 2023

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    • 11 April, 2023

16. Hysteroscopy trauma: Taking women's pain seriously (Chamber UK, March 2023)

    • Hysteroscopy
    • Womens health
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      • Hysteroscopy
      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Anaesthesia
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 April, 2023

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    • 7 April, 2023

17. The experience of women reporting damage from vaginal mesh: a reflexive thematic analysis (23 March 2023)

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 April, 2023

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    • 5 April, 2023

18. Ignore the Davina McCall Effect: Why testosterone is not a menopause wonder drug (BBC Science Focus, 13 March 2023)

    • Womens health
    • Research
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Research
      • Menopause
      • Decision making
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Clinical trial

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 March, 2023

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    • 15 March, 2023

19. What women want: addressing women’s health inequalities (King's Fund podcast, 7 March 2023)

    • Womens health
    • Health inequalities
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      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 March, 2023

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    • 8 March, 2023

20. Failures of informed consent and the impact on women’s health: a Patient Safety Learning blog

    • Womens health
    • Health inequalities
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      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Consent
      • Communication
      • Hysteroscopy

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 March, 2023

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    • Comment by Chris W
    • 5 April, 2023

21. A mesh ‘audit’ is meaningless unless we have reliable data and hear from those who have been harmed - a blog by Kath Sansom

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
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      • Womens health
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed
      • Regulatory issue
      • Data
      • Audit
      • Patient engagement

    By Kath Sansom, 6 March, 2023

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    • 3,675 views
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    • Comment by richard vA
    • 5 April, 2023

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

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

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 8 February, 2023

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    • 8 February, 2023

23. 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
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      • Womens health
      • Gaslighting
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Discrimination
      • Doctor
      • Patient
      • Confirmation bias

    By Patient Safety Learning, 7 February, 2023

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    • 7 February, 2023

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

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 February, 2023

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    • 2 February, 2023

25. 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, 2023

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    • 1 February, 2023