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Cervical cancer symptoms (Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Women's health
Cervical cancer symptoms include vaginal bleeding that is unusual for you, changes to vaginal discharge, discomfort during sex and pain in your lower back or pelvis. If you have symptoms, you should contact your GP. -
Content ArticleThis article in The Lancet Haematology examines the impact of having different anaemia thresholds for men and for women at different life stages. It challenges the data that current medical assumptions are based on, arguing that they have been extrapolated from healthy, predominantly white populations that are not representative of real-world populations. The authors look at the arguments that has been used to determine sex-based differences in haemoglobin concentrations, and argue that there is limited evidence to justify having different anaemia thresholds for men and women. They suggest that removing sex-specific reference ranges for haemoglobin and ferritin may improve the health of women and their offspring.
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Content ArticleIn this blog for the website Cysters, Kiran Chalke and Hayle Davis share their experiences of accessing gynaecology and reproductive services as a lesbian couple. They describe the barriers they have faced to accessing IVF and highlight disparities in the treatment of heterosexual and same-sex couples on the NHS. They also discuss the impact that bias in the system and from individual healthcare workers has had on both of their experiences of gynaecology treatment. The attitudes of staff and failure to read their notes fully has resulted in the couple feeling uncomfortable in healthcare settings and in treatment delays that have had a real impact on their quality of life.
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In this personal account, hub member Sophie talks about the trauma she experienced after a painful contraceptive device (IUD) fitting, and the impact this has had on her subsequent experience of medical procedures. She argues that damaging narratives around female pain cause harm to patients in multiple ways and have consequences that reach far beyond the initial experience of pain.- Posted
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Content ArticleIn the 1983 film Yentl, Barbra Streisand plays a young Jewish woman in Poland who pretends to be a man in order to receive an education. The film’s premise has made its way into medical lore as “Yentl syndrome,” which describes the phenomenon whereby women are misdiagnosed and poorly treated unless their symptoms or diseases conform to that of men. Sometimes, Yentl syndrome can prove fatal. The science of medicine is based on male bodies, but researchers are beginning to realise how vastly the symptoms of disease differ between the sexes. Caroline Criado Perez explores why women are continually being let down by the medical establishment.
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Content ArticleThis population-based cohort study in JAMA Surgery aims to determine the association of surgeon and patient sex concordance with postoperative outcomes. The authors found that worse outcomes, including death and complications, were more likely among female patients treated by male surgeons. The authors highlight the need for further research to understand the underlying mechanisms causing this trend.
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Is the FDA Failing Women? (September 2021)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Women's health
Many devices in current use were marketed before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began regulating devices in 1976. Thus, manufacturers of these devices were not required to demonstrate safety and effectiveness, which presents both clinical and ethical problem for patients, especially for women, as some of the most dangerous devices—such as implanted contraceptive devices— are used only in women. This article from Madris Kinard and Rita F. Redberg investigates whether and to what extent devices for women receive less rigorous scrutiny than devices for men. This article also suggests how the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health could more effectively ensure safety and effectiveness of devices that were marketed prior to 1976. -
Content ArticleThis policy paper from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) details the government's vision for the Women’s Health Strategy for England, informed by the call for evidence. The call for evidence published in spring 2021 received nearly 100,000 responses from women across the country, and over 400 written responses from organisations and experts working in the health sector and beyond. The consultation response demonstrated that the system and the values that drive it need extensive reform to make women's health provision in England safer and more effective.
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Content ArticleIn a recent survey, the Patient Information Forum asked women how to make information on induction better. Here presented in poster form are the top 5 suggestions from an analysis of 1,200 comments. Read full survey results here.
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Content ArticleDo you suffer from bladder leakage on coughing or exercising? Are you considering surgery because pelvic floor exercises and other options did not work? Learn what happens during the four main surgical procedures, how surgery works and what are the main advantages and disadvantages? This video will help you choose the bladder surgery most suitable for you. For further information, visit https://www.yourpelvicfloor.org/leafllets of the International Urogynecology Association (IUGA).
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Content ArticleWomen are entitled to clear information on the risks and benefits of different options in order to make informed decisions about the birth of their babies. Rates of induction are rising. One in three pregnancies is induced in Great Britain, according to most recent data. Earlier this year Patient Information Fortum (PIF) members raised concerns about availability of information to support decision-making on induction of labour. PIF responded by collaborating on a survey with maternity charities including Tommy’s, Bliss and Birthrights. The results are sobering and show there is much to do to put personalised care and shared decision making into practice in maternity care.
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Content ArticleThis case study looks at how plastic cord clamps used in caesarean sections are not visible on x-ray, which could be a patient safety issue.
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This is the third of a short series of blogs in which we take a look back at our work in five areas of patient safety during 2021. In this blog we look at how we’ve been highlighting patient safety concerns relating to health inequalities. Through our work, Patient Safety Learning seeks to harness the knowledge, insights, enthusiasm and commitment of health and social care organisations, professionals and patients for system-wide change and the reduction of avoidable harm. We believe patient safety is not just another priority; it is a core purpose of health and social care. Patient safety should not be negotiable. -
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This joint letter calls on Maria Caulfield MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care, to implement in full the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) Review on behalf of those harmed by the side effects of Primodos, Mesh and Sodium Valproate. It is signed by Marie Lyon from the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests, Kath Sansom from Sling The Mesh and Emma Murphy and Janet Williams from In-Fact. -
Content ArticleThis decision aid is for women who have complications caused by pelvic mesh that was used to treat their stress urinary incontinence. Pelvic mesh has also been called ‘tape’, ‘net’ or a ‘sling’. Stress urinary incontinence is when you leak urine accidentally, especially during exercise or when you cough, laugh or sneeze. This decision aid has been written for women who have been referred to a specialist centre to treat complications from mesh used for stress urinary incontinence.
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Content ArticleThis article in Frontiers in Global Women's Health highlights the importance of using sexed language to enable effective communication in pregnancy, birth, lactation, breastfeeding and newborn care.
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This is a joint blog by Patient Safety Learning and Sling the Mesh, highlighting key areas of concern included in their recent response to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists consultation on a new Mesh Complications Management Training Pathway. -
Content ArticleThis guide by The Eve Appeal and The Survivors Trust outlines some simple actions healthcare professionals can take to make cervical screening appointments easier for patients and service-users who are survivors of rape or sexual abuse. It is part of the #CheckWithMeFirst campaign to help raise awareness of the challenges survivors of rape, sexual abuse and sexual violence may face when accessing cervical screening. They have also produced a cervical screening guide for survivors of rape, sexual abuse or assault, which can be found on the hub here.
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Content ArticleThis report was commissioned by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, with research led by Leeds Beckett University in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and the University of Oxford. It aims to inform those involved in the care of pregnant women in the UK about the relationship between social determinants of health and the risk of maternal death.
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Content ArticleThis guide by The Eve Appeal and The Survivors Trust gives information about attending cervical screening for survivors of rape, sexual abuse or assault. It offers tips that may help patients feel more comfortable about their appointment. It is part of the #CheckWithMeFirst campaign to help raise awareness of the challenges survivors of rape, sexual abuse and sexual violence may face when accessing cervical screening.
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Content ArticleThis article in Translational and Clinical Pharmacology aims to highlight the need to reconsider current medication dosing strategies in reproductive women. It uses the example of schizophrenia to illustrate how a woman's clinical symptoms can change throughout the ovulatory cycle, leading to fluctuations in medication responses. The authors found that healthcare professionals need to consider hormonal and clinical changes that occur with the menstrual cycle when prescribing treatments. They also call for further research to increase knowledge of the issues and find better treatment strategies in women whose symptoms change with cyclical changes in ovarian hormones. However, they warn that results from such studies should never override the symptoms and treatment responses experienced by individual clinical patients.
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Content ArticleThis study in Pain Research and Management reviewed available literature about gender bias in the treatment of pain and gendered norms towards patients with chronic pain. The authors found that gendered norms about men and women with pain are present in research from different scientific fields. They highlight that awareness of the issue can help counteract gender bias in healthcare and support healthcare professionals to provide more equitable care.
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Content ArticleThis is the transcript of a Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons on fulfilling the recommendations of the Cumberlege Report.
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Content ArticleIn this blog for the Hospital Times, Tracy Bignall, Senior Policy and Practice Officer at the Race Equality Foundation, writes about how ethnicity impacts on women's health experiences. She argues that the The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) Vision for the Women's Health Strategy released in December 2021 does not give adequate attention to the influence that ethnicity has on women's experience of, and outcomes in healthcare. The article outlines instances in healthcare where ethnicity has an impact on women's health and calls for specific action to address how ethnicity influences health inequalities.
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Content ArticleThis is an Adjournment Debate from the House of Commons on the 31 January 2022 on NHS Hysteroscopy Treatment, tabled by Lyn Brown MP.
