Sling the Mesh

@MeshCampaign

When industry influences healthcare patient safety suffers. Raising awareness of surgical mesh harm #prolapse #hernia #rectopexy #breast #SUI @kathsansom

Cambridgeshire

Joined May 2015

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Oct 11, 2023

What is mesh? It’s a plastic medical device used as a quick fix implant in operations to fix prolapse, incontinence, hernia, some mastectomies. But it can cause irreversible life changing pain & complications - impacting the patient, their partner & families #slingthemesh

MeshCampaign's tweet image. What is mesh? It’s a plastic medical device used as a quick fix implant in operations to fix prolapse, incontinence, hernia, some mastectomies. But it can cause irreversible life changing pain &amp; complications - impacting the patient, their partner &amp; families #slingthemesh

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 23

Grateful to @PrivateEyeNews for keeping up the pressure for compensation for women avoidably harmed by Pelvic #Mesh

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · 6 h

Meet Alex Gorsky: CEO of Johnson & Johnson on #Vimeo vimeo.com/92727087?fe=sh… You don't have to get it 100% right. When you hit 60% go #patientsafety disasters #mesh

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Retraction Watch@RetractionWatch · Jul 25

Study finds "retractions due to data problems have increased significantly" since 2000. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 26

USA attorney Mike Papantonio speaks to a lawyer who called for a criminal investigation into J&J Johnson after thousands of documents were destroyed and hard drives wiped clean with information on #mesh complications youtube.com/watch?v=UE5zKg…

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 25

2011-12 there were warnings from Patients, the FDA & @RCObsGyn Then 2014 MHRA Summary Risks & Benefits UK Trials reported life changing injuries. A🌏report defining Mesh injuries in 2010-11 No Action til Patients went to Parliament. Reports but No Action @APPGFDNH @MeshCampaign

FFibroid New Research@FibroidNetwork · Oct 4, 2018

2014 MHRA reviewed York #Mesh Complication Studies=: <22% Pain <16% Prolapse after SUI Mesh <76% UTIs <7% Erosion @RCObsGyn 2012 Safety in Gynaecology Report with 1,000 SUI Mesh Pts readmitted in 30days Not mentioned @MeshCampaign rcog.org.uk/globalassets/d… assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 25

A mum who blames a controversial plastic #mesh implant for her crippling pain has blasted the Scottish Government for continuing to use the products. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/mum-who-b…

MeshCampaign's tweet card. Roseanna Clarkin is one of a number of women who blame mesh products for life-changing complications.

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 23

Disgraced Rectopexy #mesh surgeon Tony Dixon dishonestly created patient records long after he was involved in their care. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

MeshCampaign's tweet card. A decision over what sanctions will be taken against Tony Dixon is expected this summer.

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Retraction Watch@RetractionWatch · Jul 22

“Should I tell anyone that I suspect misconduct in a paper I’m reviewing?” nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 18

Almost a decade of pelvic #mesh implanting and there was no code to track women! Pelvic Mesh HES codes' whatdotheyknow.com/request/pelvic… via @whatdotheyknow

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 16

🎬 ✨ Here’s a sneak peek of something powerful in the making! Brilliant to have worked with talented @FalmouthUni animation students who created a short film to support #SlingTheMesh - and it’s already been entered into film festival awards. 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=_J8MM5…

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Jason Farrell@JasonFarrellSky · Jul 11

Huge scandals of the past - made worse by inaction today. #primodos #valproate #mesh news.sky.com/story/victims-…

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Sky News@SkyNews · Jul 11

Five years on from the damning Cumberlege review into Medical Regulation, Sky's Home Editor @JasonFarrellSky speaks to women seeking compensation after being harmed by prescription anti-epilepsy drugs, hormone pregnancy tests and a pelvic mesh. trib.al/FwA5wMO

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 11

🇮🇪 Outrageous to see a massive push in Ireland at the moment by pro-mesh surgeons to lifting the ban on bladder mesh slings - I wonder if they're telling women OR the media of the long term life-altering complications farmersjournal.ie/life/health/va…

MeshCampaign's tweet card. Women in Ireland who need surgery to correct stress urinary incontinence are calling on the HSE to lift the 2018 pause on vaginal mesh surgeries.

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 10

In London for an interview with Sky News on the scandal of mesh injured women waiting for compensation and urgent reforms to improve #patientsafety

MeshCampaign's tweet image. In London for an interview with Sky News on the scandal of mesh injured women waiting for compensation and urgent reforms to improve #patientsafety

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BBC East@BBCLookEast · Jul 8

Government ignoring pelvic mesh reforms - advocate bbc.in/4kBV4Ok

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 8

At ITV studios for an interview on 5 years since the #firstdonoharm report women feel let down that governments have dragged their feet on key recommendations

MeshCampaign's tweet image. At ITV studios for an interview on 5 years since the #firstdonoharm report women feel let down that governments have dragged their feet on key recommendations

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 8

Mesh injured women ‘still fighting for justice’ five years on from First Do No Harm review #slingthemesh independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

MeshCampaign's tweet card. Campaigners have accused governments of ‘dragging their feet’ on implementing all the recommendations set out in a report into the scandal.

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 7

Dangerously naiive. It feels like the NHS is becoming a cheerleader to industry - and not patient safety

SShaun Lintern@ShaunLintern · Jul 6

She will roll back many changes made since the Mid Staffs scandal, returning power to managers & DHSC Challenged she was giving back control to bodies numerous inquiries had shown had failed, she said: “No, I'm giving back the accountability to them". Right? Or dangerously naive?

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Sling the Mesh@MeshCampaign · Jul 3

Irish physiotherapist urges government to ban #mesh implants clare.fm/news/west-clar… via @ClareFM

MeshCampaign's tweet card. West Clare Physio Urges Government To Ban Mesh Implants - News % Clare FM

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