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  1. Content Article
    This report, produced by Fair Treatment for Women of Wales, provides NHS Wales with invaluable insight on how to improve menopause services across the country, including the provision of factual, evidence-based information and skilled professionals, enabling every woman to make informed choices about how she manages her menopause symptoms.
  2. Content Article
    This report was prepared by the Endometriosis Task and Finish Group and submitted to the Welsh Government on 16 April 2018. Authors propose a robust care pathway based on NICE guidance using a life course approach to ensure that symptoms are recognised and responded to promptly and appropriately, as they emerge. 
  3. Content Article
    Women’s Health Wales: A Quality Statement for the Health of Women, Girls, and those Assigned Female at Birth is an an inclusive report co-produced by the Women Health Wales Coalition, which outlines physical and mental health issues which affect women across the life course. The report makes a series of recommendations which if implemented will improve women’s health, lives and wellbeing regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or gender identity.  Key Themes Access to specialist services Improved data collection Support for sustainable co-production Training for health and care professionals.
  4. Content Article
    In this article, published by British Vogue, Alexa Chung shares her experiences of endometriosis and the barriers and attitudes she faced in seeking a diagnosis and treatment.
  5. Content Article
    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently changed its recommendations for all women to get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40 instead of 50. Wanda Nicholson, USPSTF Vice Chair and professor at George Washington University said the updated recommendations “will save more lives among all women.” However, time and time again, the evidence shows that screening healthy women using mammograms in fact, does not save lives. Dr Maryanne Demasi discusses the evidence.
  6. Content Article
    The Women's Health Strategy for England was developed and published in 2022 in response to the growing recognition of the unique health needs and challenges faced by women in England (and the U.K.) and was brought forward to address longstanding gaps in women's healthcare and to promote better health outcomes for women across the country. This Forbes article looks at why women’s health should be included in every government’s agenda. The author speaks to Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women's Health Ambassador for England about the progress of the strategy and Dr. Ranee Thakar, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists about the need to ensure underrepresented groups are included in the strategy.
  7. Content Article
    In this interview, we speak to sociologist Dr Marieke Bigg about why she decided to write her debut non-fiction This won’t hurt: How medicine fails women. Marieke discusses how societal ideas about the female body have restricted the healthcare system’s approach to women’s health and describes the impact this has had on health outcomes. She also highlights areas where the health system is reframing its approach by listening to the needs of women and describes how simple changes, such as allowing women to carry out their own cervical screening at home, can make a big difference.
  8. Content Article
    This letter is a resource for patients to help GPs identify the complications of pelvic mesh. It explains signs and symptoms of women presenting with pelvic mesh-related conditions and if required, where to signpost them for further help. It has been issued by the Patient Safety Commissioner for England, developed in partnership with the patient campaign groups Sling the Mesh and the Rectopexy mesh victims and support.
  9. Content Article
    In Australia, as in many other countries, the harms caused by transvaginal mesh surgery have prompted individual and collective attempts to achieve redress. Media outlets covered aspects of the rise of mesh surgery as a procedure, the experience of mesh-affected women and the formal inquiries and legal actions that followed, The authors of this article in the journal Health Expectations conducted a media analysis of the ten most read Australian newspapers and online news media platforms, focusing on how mesh and the interaction of stakeholders in mesh stories were presented to the Australian public. They found that mass media reporting, combined with medicolegal action and an Australian Senate Inquiry, appears to have provided women with greater epistemic justice, with powerful actors considering their stories. They argue that although medical reporting is not recognised in the hierarchy of evidence embedded in the medical knowledge system, in this case, media reporting has contributed to shaping medical knowledge in significant ways.
  10. Content Article
    According to a recent report by Growth Plus Reports, the global female pelvic implants market was valued at US$ 232.50 billion in 2022 and is expected to surpass US$ 318.58 billion by 2031. Request the full report and find out more via the link below.
  11. Content Article
    Women's incontinence is thought to affect millions in the UK. TV personality Gemma Collins is fronting a campaign that aims to help women overcome embarrassment and tackle the taboo. The NHS says there are several types and people should always speak to a GP about their symptoms. 5 Live listeners share their experiences with Nicky Campbell.
  12. Content Article
    This KevinMD podcast discusses with family physician Lisa Baron the pervasive issue of medical gaslighting, particularly in women seeking care for chronic illnesses. We’ll delve into the consequences of dismissing symptoms and the importance of validating patient concerns. We’ll also explore the role of social media in connecting patients with support and treatment options, as well as steps doctors can take to improve their bedside manner and rebuild trust with patients who have been gaslit in the past.
  13. Content Article
    A patient shares her experience of life-changing complications after a hysterectomy she had at a private hospital and the lack of follow up and help she's received since. She highlights the actions she would like to see in place for private hospitals around informed consent, follow up and support after surgery, and accountability. The patient wishes to remain anonymous.
  14. Content Article
    A new report presents the preliminary findings of the Care Post-Roe Study, and shows how US healthcare providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade ten months ago, leading to harm and negative health outcomes for patients. The report shows that healthcare providers have seen increased morbidity, exacerbated pregnancy complications, an inability to provide time-sensitive care, and increased delays in obtaining care for patients in states with abortion bans. This has impacted both patients and providers and has deepened the existing inequities in the health care system for people of colour.
  15. Content Article
    In this opinion piece for Trust the Evidence, Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson draw on data to argue that a 'smokescreen of safety' has long been used in marketing mesh products.
  16. Content Article
    This blog on the Sling the Mesh website provides an overview of research by Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University, into regulatory issues relating to pelvic mesh. It outlines issues uncovered by Professor Heneghan and his colleagues, including the fact that clinical trial data was not required in the regulation of mesh and that early evidence of complications was ignored in the approval of subsequent devices.
  17. Content Article
    In this blog, Patient Safety Learning considers key patient safety issues relating to complications from surgical mesh implants, highlighting further sources of opinion and research on the hub.
  18. News Article
    Current models of maternity care in the UK are failing to reach pregnant women living in adverse social circumstances, research commissioned by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has found. Georgina Jones, one of the report’s authors and professor of health psychology at Leeds Beckett University, told The BMJ, “Women are often living in a tangled web of complex inequalities that is beyond their control, and this impacts on the care they receive and the outcomes of that care . . .We’ve really been letting down these women in the way that our maternity and reproductive health services are currently delivered, and strategies and care pathways need to be identified and put in place to remedy this.” A number of recommendations have been made in the paper including: Understanding it is the vulnerable, minoritised and disadvantaged women in society that have an increased risk of maternal death. These women are often living in an entangled web of complex inequalities that is beyond their control, which impacts on the care they receive and the outcomes of that care. Strategies and care pathways need to be identified and put in place to improve their situation. These women have been let down in the way that our maternity and reproductive health services are currently delivered. We need to find a better way of recording social determinant data. The current way of doing this is inadequate and not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t provide us with enough information to really understand how the complex circumstances of the woman impacts on her maternal outcomes. The research shows current models of care are still failing pregnant women who have lived in adverse social circumstances prior to, during and after pregnancy. Maternal outcomes are particularly poor for socially disadvantaged women affected by pre-existing physical or mental health problems; those who misuse substances; those who have a lower level of education; those who are overweight, undernourished or poorly sheltered; and those who are at increased risk due to the threat of abusive and unsupportive partners, families and peers. Read full story (paywalled) Source: BMJ, 10 February 2022
  19. News Article
    Again and again, Hannah Catton told doctors something was wrong with her body. Again and again, she said, the doctors dismissed her concerns. They didn’t listen in late 2018 when she told them about her frequent urinary tract infections. They didn’t listen months later when she returned to tell them she was having irregular periods. And they didn’t listen when she complained of bloating, constipation, diarrhea and extreme pain. Catton was telling them her body was in rebellion. Almost a dozen physicians told her otherwise: She was young and healthy, so it was probably nothing — just a little too much stress. One told her she was overweight and losing a few pounds might ease her symptoms. Almost three years passed after Catton’s symptoms first emerged, during which she saw about 10 doctors. Then, in October, she collapsed in pain and took herself to the emergency room. From one of her ovaries, surgeons pulled a cancerous blob weighing roughly 4½ pounds and stretching nearly eight inches — about the size of a volleyball. After her years-long crusade to be heard, Catton, now 24, wants other women and doctors to learn from her experience. Women should learn the warning signs of ovarian cancer and forcefully advocate for themselves, she said, while doctors need to become better versed in recognizing the symptoms. More importantly, Catton said, physicians need to listen to patients instead of dismissing them. Catton knew early on that something was wrong, that it wasn’t just stress. Despite that, she acquiesced to the doctors because she didn’t “want to be a patient that wastes time.” She’s not alone, clinical psychologist Bella Grossman told Northwell Health’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health in the article “Gaslighting in women’s health: No, it’s not just in your head.” Men tend to be more persistent with their doctors when they have concerns about their health, Grossman said. Read full story (paywalled) Source: Washington Post, 9 February 2022
  20. News Article
    Inmates held in a women’s prison are making 1,000 calls a month to Samaritans amid record levels of self-harm, increased violence and low safety levels usually only seen in men’s facilities, a damning report has found. Nearly a third of women held at Foston Hall in Derbyshire, which holds 272 residents, told inspectors they felt unsafe, while the use of force in the prison has doubled over nearly three years and is the highest on the women’s prison’s estate. The women’s prison and youth offender institute is the first to be given a score of “poor” – the lowest – for the safety of female prisoners, since HM Inspectorate of Prisons developed its current framework more than a decade ago. Charlie Taylor, HM chief inspector of prisons, said the rating of “poor” for safety levels was a “rare and unexpected finding” in a women’s prison. Recorded levels of self-harm were also the highest in the women’s estate and two prisoners had taken their own lives since the last official inspection in February 2019, he said. “As an indicator of the level of distress, women were making 1,000 calls a month to Samaritans. The prison had no strategy to reduce self-harm or improve the care for those in crisis,” Taylor said. The response to women in crisis was too reactive, uncaring and often punitive, Taylor observed. “This, taken with other safety metrics and observation, meant it was no surprise that in our survey nearly a third of women told us they felt unsafe,” he said. The report also found that the majority of women who harmed themselves did not have enough support or activity and faced daily frustration in getting the help they needed. Read full story Source: The Guardian, 9 February 2022
  21. News Article
    Nurses have spoken of the anxiety and dread of having periods at work, adding that free period products in the workplace would ‘take one giant stressor off your life’. The comments come as leading nurses from the RCN call for period products to be free and easily available to all healthcare staff. The British Medical Association has also requested that products be available for the well-being and comfort of staff. Advanced care practitioner in trauma and orthopaedics, Lisa Andrews said she wanted colleagues to understand why she might have to leave the ward during shifts if she starts her period or bleeds through sanitary products. ‘Many times I have had accidents which are embarrassing, and I have to stay at work in the same clothes. I dread the thought of having to wear scrubs as they are a lot thinner than my work clothes.’ Intensive care unit nurse Alicia, based in Scotland, told Nursing Standard that having her period at work is ‘very stressful’. ‘The entire time you are worried that you are bleeding through to your scrubs, everyone will know… to talk about periods is very taboo,’ she said. A recent survey of 3,000 people by charity Bloody Good Period found nine out of 10 respondents had experienced stress or anxiety at work because of their period. Having an employer who normalises the discussion of menstrual health at work would help, said 63% of respondents. RCN women’s health forum chair Katharine Gale told Nursing Standard: "The RCN feels that for dignity in the workplace [healthcare staff] need access to menstrual products." RCN Scotland board chair Julie Lamberth said: "As well as availability of period products, nursing staff need to be able to take their breaks so they can access them." Read full story Source: Nursing Standard, 7 February 2022
  22. News Article
    Research by Garmin finds 40% of young women say they have been accused of over-exaggerating symptoms of UTIs. While it’s clear that already strained services and a lack of funding contributed to the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare system, health inequality isn’t something that’s unique to Covid-19. Instead, it’s often the result of commonly misunderstood, misrepresented and mistreated conditions that disproportionately affect women, such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis and urinary tract infections (UTIs). New research from fitness company Garmin, published by The Independent, found that 40% of young women say they have been accused of over-exaggerating symptoms of UTIs or being “overdramatic” about their wellbeing when seeing a doctor. 45% also said they’ve had their UTI symptoms written off as “part of being a woman”. According to the Chronic Urinary Tract Infection Campaign (CUTIC), 50% of all women will suffer at least one UTI episode in their lifetime, one third of these by the age of 24. “Statistics show that UTI is the most common infection seen by GPs,” says CUTIC. “In fact, doctors are so familiar with UTIs that they are frequently dismissed as merely a woman’s problem, rooted in the ‘flawed female anatomy’. “With little training in UTI management, GPs and urologists rely heavily on discredited laboratory tests which miss up to 60% of infections." “The medical training for UTI diagnosis is inadequate and most doctors are not aware of the complexity of this illness. They are trained to accept the test results and look no further,” CUTIC suggests. “It is clear from the recent government probe into menopause that women’s health has not been an area of priority. Conditions which primarily affect women are underfunded and under researched – this includes UTIs. Women are frequently patronised and not believed when they describe symptoms relating to UTIs, peri-menopause, menopause and vaginal atrophy. Medical training fails to include proper diagnosis and effective treatment for such conditions. Change is needed now.” Read full story Source: The Stylist, 2 February 2022 Have you attempted to access treatment for a urinary tract infection (UTI), or recurrent UTIs? We'd love you to share your experiences with us? Share your experience on the hub.
  23. News Article
    Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could be made available to buy over the counter. Health watchdogs are proposing a re-classification of the medication so women would be able to buy it in pharmacies without a prescription, it’s claimed. HRT is mainly used to treat menopause symptoms but it is not yet known which version of the medication will be a part of the proposal, the Daily Telegraph reports. Symptoms can include hot flushes, reduced sex drive and mood swings and usually pass after a few years. More than one million women a year are believed to suffer each year but treatment is currently only available after consultation with a GP or a specialist. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said: "We understand that for some women menopause symptoms can have a significant impact on their quality of life, and we are committed to improving the care and support they receive. "That’s why we’re developing the first ever government-led Women’s Health Strategy, informed by women’s lived experience. Menopause, including improving access to Hormone Replacement Therapy, will be a priority under the Strategy." Read full story Source: The Independent, 2 February 2022
  24. News Article
    Small changes to periods can follow a Covid vaccine but they quickly return to normal, a leading UK menstruation expert has said. Dr Victoria Male, from Imperial College London, called studies from the US and Norway which tracked women's cycles "reassuring". And she blamed misinformation for fuelling concerns over infertility. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) says there is no evidence Covid vaccines affect the ability to have children. The MHRA has received more than 37,000 reports of unexpected vaginal bleeding, heavier and delayed periods after a Covid jab. It has always said there is no evidence of a link to the vaccine, because women's cycles vary naturally - but scientists called for more research. Dr Male said: "Changes to the menstrual cycle do occur following vaccination - but they are small compared with natural variation and quickly reverse." Women's concerns arose "from misinformation that Covid-19 vaccines cause female infertility", she said. And more studies of pregnancy rates in couples trying to conceive were needed to make it clear they do not. A Covid infection, however, "may reduce sperm count and quality" - and understanding more about that would mean patients could be given the right advice. Read full story Source: BBC News, 27 January 2022
  25. News Article
    Anne Monie is one of hundreds of Scottish women to have suffered painful, life-changing side effects from mesh implants. She was fit and healthy when she went to her doctor with anterior prolapse and mild stress incontinence in 2010. But an operation to fit transvaginal mesh left her in agony. With nowhere to turn for help in Scotland, the 69-year-old spent £19,000 travelling to the US to get her implant removed. Anne spoke to BBC Scotland as the Scottish Parliament looks set to pass a bill which would see her and others reimbursed for the cost of private surgery. That may bring financial concerns to an end - but she is by no means cured. And she worries about other women still trying to go through the mesh-removal process. Anne was offered a simple "gold standard" transvaginal mesh procedure when she first sought medical help 12 years ago. But after the operation to fit it, she began to suffer from a range of problems and was left in chronic pain. After years of frustration, she paid to go to Missouri to have mesh removal surgery with world-renowned expert Dr Dionysios Veronikis. "It's a massive amount of money to be paying out, especially when you're retired. But then, what price do you put on health?" Read full story Source: The Guardian, 25 January 2022
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