Women's health

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1. Why gender is at the heart of the matter for cardiac illness (18 September 2022)

   • Health inequalities
   • Health Disparities
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Womens health
     • Medicine - Cardiology
     • Heart disease
     • Discrimination
     • Unconscious bias
     • Confirmation bias

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 September, 2022

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   • 21 September, 2022

2. Miss Diagnosed: The health handbook every woman (and man) should read (18 July 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Health inequalities
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities
     • Pregnancy
     • Menopause
     • Mental health
     • Heart disease
     • Stroke
     • Dementia
     • Cancer

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 September, 2022

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   • 7 September, 2022

3. Surgeons' Hall Museums blog - A significant moment (2 September 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
     • Redress
     • Regulatory issue
     • Scotland
     • Medical device
     • Patient suffering

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 September, 2022

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   • 5 September, 2022

4. The King's Fund: Has the Women’s Health Strategy listened to what women really need? (30 August 2022)

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

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     • Womens health
     • Health inequalities
     • Health Disparities

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September, 2022

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   • 2 September, 2022

5. Specialist mesh centres are failing to offer adequate support to women harmed by mesh (Patient Safety Learning and Sling the Mesh)

   • Womens health
   • Medical device
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Medical device
     • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
     • Patient harmed
     • Regulatory issue
     • More staff training
     • Patient suffering
     • Patient engagement

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 August, 2022

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   • 25 August, 2022

6. Women's Health Strategy for England: DHSC policy paper (20 July 2022)

   • Womens health
   • Policies
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Womens health
     • Policies
     • Endometriosis
     • Menopause
     • Health inequalities
     • Leadership
     • Pregnancy
     • Maternity
     • Cancer
     • Screening

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 July, 2022

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   • 20 July, 2022

7. Doctors’ shocking comments reveal institutional misogyny towards women harmed by pelvic mesh - a Patient Safety Learning blog

   • Womens health
   • Medical device
   • (and 5 more)

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

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 19 July, 2022

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   • 19 July, 2022

8. Vaginal mesh: The forgotten women (4 July 2022)

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 July, 2022

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   • 17 July, 2022

9. Joint Committee on Health: Discussion on issues relating to vaginal mesh implants (4 July 2022)

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 July, 2022

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   • 16 July, 2022

10. Bristol Centre for Surgical Research - Paula Goss: A patient story from a mesh survivor (8 July 2022)

    • Decision making
    • Patient
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Decision making
      • Patient
      • Womens health
      • Consent
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 July, 2022

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    • 13 July, 2022

11. House of Commons debate - Gynaecological services: Waiting lists (6 July 2022)

    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • Womens health
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Womens health
      • Long waiting list
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Patient suffering
      • Hysteroscopy

    By Mark Hughes, 11 July, 2022

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    • 1,256 views
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    • 11 July, 2022

12. ‘The pain is inhumane’: how NHS gynaecology delays affect women’s health (The Guardian, 2 June 2022)

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

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      • Womens health
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Health inequalities
      • Discrimination
      • Pain

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 June, 2022

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    • 17 June, 2022

13. Video - Calls for an end to pelvic mesh surgery amid chronic pain (15 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Pain
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Patient harmed
      • Redress
      • Regulatory issue

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 17 June, 2022

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    • 17 June, 2022

14. BMJ analysis: Normalising menopause (15 June 2022)

    • Menopause
    • Womens health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 June, 2022

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    • 1,107 views
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    • 17 June, 2022

15. Women must insist on pain relief during medical procedures (The Guardian, 12 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Speaking up
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Speaking up
      • Pain
      • Patient suffering
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Anaesthesia
      • Health inequalities

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 June, 2022

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    • 13 June, 2022

16. Minister Maria Caulfield says more must be done for female health (Marie Claire, 12 May 2022)

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

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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Cancer
      • Womens health
      • Diagnosis

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 June, 2022

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    • 905 views
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    • 12 June, 2022

17. ‘Medical gaslighting’ exists – if you’re a woman (The Independent, 10 June 2022)

    • Pain
    • Womens health
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Pain
      • Womens health
      • Gaslighting
      • Health Disparities
      • Health inequalities

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 June, 2022

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    • 10 June, 2022

18. Why are mesh victims still being betrayed two years after excoriating official inquiry? Investigation reveals no recommendation has been implemented properly and its use in women is STILL continuing (7 June 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 June, 2022

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    • 892 views
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    • 8 June, 2022

19. Medical misogyny by Iona Winters (30 May 2022)

    • Womens health
    • Pain
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Medical device

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 June, 2022

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    • 1 June, 2022

20. Autoinflammatory/autoimmunity syndrome induced by adjuvants in patients after a polypropylene mesh implantation (August 2018)

    • Medicine - Rheumatology
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Medicine - Rheumatology
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Medical device
      • Research
      • Womens health
      • Arthritis

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 May, 2022

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    • 30 May, 2022

21. The long-term impact of vaginal surgical mesh devices in UK primary care: a cohort study in the CPRD (4 August 2021)

    • Womens health
    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • (and 5 more)

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 May, 2022

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    • 30 May, 2022

22. Mesh implant scandal: interview with Kath Sansom and Alec Shelbrooke on GB News (19 April 2022)

    • Medical device
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Medical device
      • Patient harmed
      • Womens health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 7 May, 2022

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    • 1,172 views
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    • 7 May, 2022

23. Menopause and the workplace: Fawcett Society 2022

    • Womens health
    • Menopause
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Womens health
      • Menopause
      • Survey
      • Data

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 May, 2022

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    • 6 May, 2022

24. Blog - Period pain can be “almost as bad as a heart attack.” Why aren’t we researching how to treat it? (15 February 2016)

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

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      • Endometriosis
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Womens health
      • Health inequalities
      • Research
      • Pain
      • Discrimination

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 May, 2022

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    • 1,204 views
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    • 2 May, 2022

25. “There’s no problem with the mesh”: A personal account of the struggle to get vaginal mesh removal surgery

    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Patient harmed
      • Surgeon
      • Patient
      • Communication
      • Medical device
      • Long waiting list
      • England

    By Anonymous, 1 May, 2022

    • 1 comment
    • 4,689 views
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    • Comment by Katharine Tylko
    • 3 May, 2022