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Content ArticleThis document was drafted on the basis of the Transparency Committee opinion, French National Authority for Health, dated 27 February 2019. It found insufficient clinical benefit of ESMYA* for the treatment of uterine fibroids to justify reimbursement. They conclude: The actual clinical benefit of ESMYA is insufficient to justify its reimbursement by public funding in its two indications. Not approved for non-hospital pharmacy reimbursement or for hospital treatment. *ESMYA - (ulipristal acetate), progesterone receptor modulator.
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Content ArticlePSNet publish a case of a misdiagnosed pelvic mass in a pregnant woman with an accompanying commentary from Leiserowitz and Hedriana discussing the diagnostic errors and the systems change needed.
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The Yentl syndrome is alive and well (March 2011)
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Women's health
More women than men die annually from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in the developed world. This represents a reversal of fortune from previous decades and places women firmly as the new majority now impacted. Notably, the adverse IHD gender gap is the widest in relatively young women, where myocardial infarction (MI) mortality is 2-fold higher in women under 50 years compared with age-matched men. While it is now clear that there are many gender differences in IHD outcomes, including more frequent angina diagnosis, more office visits, more avoidable hospitalisations, higher MI mortality, and higher rates of heart failure in women compared with men, the aetiologies contributing to these differences are less clear. -
Content ArticleFor 10 years, 29-year-old historian Robyn battled extreme endometriosis pain, but was continuously dismissed by doctors when she went to them for help. She was finally diagnosed with the condition – but five surgeries later, it was clear the damage had already been done. In this article published by Stylist, she asks why women’s health issues aren’t being taken seriously enough.
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Content ArticleIn this article, published by BBC Future, Jennifer Billock highlights the gender disparities that exist within healthcare.
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Content ArticleIn this article, published by Refinery 29, author Sarah Graham talks about gender bias in healthcare and the risk to patient safety.
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In this guest blog, Sarah Graham, award winning journalist, founder of Hysterical Women and author of Rebel Bodies, talks about gender bias within healthcare. Sarah draws on research, anecdotal evidence and the recent Cumberlege report to highlight how widespread mistreatment of women can have a negative impact on their safety as a patient. -
Content ArticleIn this briefing the British Heart Foundation highlights the stark inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks that are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK.
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Content ArticleIn our final 2-minute Tuesday session of July 2020, Patient Safety Learning's Chief Executive, Helen discusses Baroness Cumberlege’s report ‘First Do No Harm’. She focuses on how the report amplifies the voices of women, identifying the scale and severity of harm going back decades to thousands of women. She adds: "This has been a problem hidden in plain sight that is now being exposed." Helen asks listeners whether they agree that transformational change is needed in the health and social care system to address these issues. Read more on our thoughts and the actions in response to the Cumberlege Review.
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Content ArticleSince the release of the report Hearing and Responding to the Stories of Survivors of Surgical Mesh in December 2019, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, in collaboration with other health sector agencies, has been working to progress the agreed actions and support those who have been affected and minimise future harm. An update on each of the actions is detailed in the report is provided below.
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Content ArticleIn this article for Stylist, Sarah Graham, founder of the Hysterical Women blog, looks at the statistics around gender and heart attacks and gender. She highlights the worrying disparities and argues that sexism plays a dangerous role. The term Yentl Syndrome is used to describe the different ways men and women are treated after heart attacks.
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Content ArticleChaired by Baroness Julia Cumberlege, the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, First Do No Harm, examines how the healthcare system in England responds to reports about the harmful side effects from medicines and medical devices. In this blog, Patient Safety Learning reflects on one of the key patient safety themes featured in the Review – patient complaints.
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Content ArticleChaired by Baroness Julia Cumberlege, the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review report, First Do No Harm, examines how the healthcare system in England responds to reports about the harmful side effects from medicines and medical devices. In this blog, Patient Safety Learning reflects on one of the key patient safety themes featured in the Review – informed consent.
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Content ArticleOn Wednesday 8 July 2020 the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review published its report First Do No Harm, examining how the healthcare system in England responds to reports about the harmful side effects from medicines and medical devices. Chaired by Baroness Julia Cumberlege, the review focused on looking at what happened in relation to three medical interventions: hormone pregnancy tests, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh implants. In this blog Patient Safety Learning consider the reports findings in more detail, highlighting the key patient safety themes running through this, which are also found in many other patient safety scandals in the last twenty years. It also looks at what needs to change to prevent these issues recurring and asks whether NHS leaders stick with the current ways of working, make a few improvements, or take this opportunity for transformational change.
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Content ArticleStress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the loss of urine when coughing, laughing, sneezing or exercising. It is a common and distressing condition, with negative impact on quality of life. If conservative treatment, e.g. pelvic floor muscle training, is not successful, the most successful surgical procedures are mid-urethral mesh tape, colposuspension, autologous fascial sling and urethral bulking agent injections.
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The MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care report found that black women in the UK are five times as likely as white women to die during pregnancy or childbirth. -
Content ArticleThis Review was announced in the House of Commons on 21 February 2018 by Jeremy Hunt, the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Its purpose is to examine how the healthcare system in England responds to reports about harmful side effects from medicines and medical devices and to consider how to respond to them more quickly and effectively in the future. The Review was asked to investigate what had happened in respect of two medications and one medical device: hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs) – tests, such as Primodos, which were withdrawn from the market in the late 1970s and which are thought to be associated with birth defects and miscarriages; sodium valproate – an effective anti-epileptic drug which causes physical malformations, autism and developmental delay in many children when it is taken by their mothers during pregnancy; and pelvic mesh implants – used in the surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse and to manage stress urinary incontinence. Its use has been linked to crippling, life- changing, complications; and to make recommendations for the future. The Review was prompted by patient-led campaigns that have run for years and, in the cases of valproate and Primodos over decades, drawing active support from their respective All-Party Parliamentary Groups and the media.
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Content ArticleToo often, women are struggling to get the right information they need about their health, to book routine appointments and to get their basic health needs met. Health services miss opportunities to ask the right questions, prevent illness and ensure the best outcomes for girls and women. This report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) follows a survey of over 3000 women in the UK and identifies simple and cost-effective solutions to prevent girls and women falling through the cracks of our health systems. A strategic approach is required across the life course to prevent predictable morbidity and mortality and to address the determinants of health specific to women’s health.
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Content ArticleBlack women in the UK are five times more likely to die during pregnancy and after childbirth compared to white women (MBRRACE, 2019). A petition recently called for more research into why this is happening and recommendations to improve healthcare for Black Women as urgent action is needed to address this disparity. The petition exceeded the threshold of 100,000 signatures required in order to be considered for debate in Parliament. The Government issued this written response on 25 June 2020.
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Content ArticleRates of induction of labour have been increasing globally to up to one in three pregnancies in many high-income countries. Although guidelines around induction, and strength of the underlying evidence, vary considerably by indication, shared decision-making is increasingly recognised as key. The aim of this study, published in Women and birth, was to identify women’s mode of birth preferences and experiences of shared decision-making for induction of labour.
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Content ArticleThis is an interview with Gabrielle Jackson, author of Pain and Prejudice: A call to arms for women and their bodies, published by the Hysterical Women website. Jackson talks about her diagnosis of endometriosis, the lack of advanced medical knowledge around women's medical issues and a need for access to better treatments.
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Woman’s Hour: Hysteroscopy (June 2019)
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Women's health
Patients are not always given a choice between an outpatient hysteroscopy and a general anaesthetic. Radio's 4's Women's Hour discusses the issue of inadequate pain relief for hysteroscopies. The discussion includes one patient's story of the trauma she suffered and a response from a consultant in reproductive health. The interview was published on the Hysteroscopy Action website, please follow the link below to listen. -
Content ArticleThis patient story essay was produced by the Campaign against painful hysteroscopy to highlight the extreme levels of pain many women experience when undergoing the procedure. The campaign calls for an end to inadequate pain relief for hysteroscopies.
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Content ArticleThis leaflet, produced by Kingston Hospital, is designed to prepare women for hysteroscopy procedures that are performed in the gynaecology outpatients department. Join the conversation on the hub about hysteroscopies.
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Content ArticleHysterical Women is a blog inspired by the work of freelance health journalist, Sarah Graham. It was launched in October 2018, after she noticed that a common theme in so much of her work was women not being taken seriously, not being trusted to know their own bodies, and having their concerns dismissed or disbelieved by doctors. This cut right across the health spectrum – whether their concerns were related to mental, physical, sexual, or any other kind of health problem.
