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

Summary

In this letter to the Guardian newspaper, a specialist nurse writes on an NHS service that puts women in control of pain relief, Sara Davies on the torturous pain she endured to have an intrauterine device fitted, and Lee Bennett on why it pays to speak up persistently.

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