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Should there ever be the need for a support group for victims of a medical op like outpatient #hysteroscopy. Are you aware @TheBSGE @RaneeThakar @RCObsGyn @PSCommissioner there is one. @HysteroscopyA are mopping up the emotional mess you leave after OPH without #anaesthetic!
'If you build it, they will come.' - Field of Dreams. What I hoped would happen is starting to happen - gynaecologists & anaesthetists are contacting me to find out about our pathway for hysteroscopy under sedation. The opening is over, and the end game is in sight! @NHSGIRFT
I’d be interested to know who is offering this expert advice on anaesthesia. “Significant” suggests either frequently occurring and/or very serious risk. I’m going to call it out for what it is: at best it’s nonsense, and at worst it’s deliberate misrepresentation.
All women should be able to access reproductive healthcare promptly without the risk of significant pain or trauma. #WomensHealth #IUD #sexualhealth #informedconsent #pain bmj.com/content/381/bm…
Seeing a lot of medical professionals replying to posts about outpatient hysteroscopy and pain. Some are compassionate. Far too many have been defensive and have denied that OPH is painful. #OutpatientHysteroscopy (1/7)
Let’s fix a conference on this. Please invite me or another anaesthetist; The message from my specialty will be pretty consistent! I’m not looking for extra work but I’m very happy to support such blatant poor practice in this area. It would never happen with male patients..
We believe that no patient should have to endure extreme pain or trauma when accessing essential healthcare and are calling for an independent review of hysteroscopy services in the NHS. Read more in our new blog below⬇️ pslhub.org/learn/patient-… #pslhub #patientsafety
🆕Hysteroscopy: 6 calls for action to prevent avoidable harm🆕 In a new blog on the hub today we outline the key #patientsafety concerns around these procedures in the NHS and the need to ensure patients have access to safe, respectful hysteroscopy care pslhub.org/learn/patient-…
Dear Consultant Anaesthetists, I'm looking for a senior Consultant to interview on my podcast about analgesia/anaesthesia for outpatient hysteroscopy. Please DM me if you may be interested in appearing on 'I forgot to ask the doctor' Please retweet widely!
Today the new draft guideline Outpatient Hysteroscopy is being opened for consultation. The consultation will be open until Monday 13 March and can be viewed here: fal.cn/3vP2L
".. I was scared stiff .. thought my insides were been ripped out" posted today @HysteroscopyA facebook! #hysteroscopy without @anaesthetic in #outpatients 2022 Words can't describe my anger! @TheBSGE @RCObsGyn @mariacaulfield. Shame on you all! Why do you do it? @lregan7
Councillor demands better care for women undergoing hysteroscopy stroudtimes.com/councillor-dem…
Another #hysteroscopy patient enduring a painful procedure administered by 'lovely' people. Time for @NHSEngland to provide option of IV sedation with analgesia for hysteroscopy just as is routinely offered for colonoscopy. @RCObsGyn @staceymwilliams @TheBSGE @lynbrownmp
Doctors basically exist to deny women medical help in case a man might need their body to create offspring. Or to tell us we're overreacting to pain or blame everything on us "needing to lose a few lbs."
Appalling that #gynaecologists don't follow @RCObsGyn guidelines. Shame on you! #women experiencing severe pain without truthful information or professional guidelines followed by @bsgeacn @TVNaga01 @NHSMillion @NHSWatch @NHSEngland @morris_ep
The 2011 @RCOG @TheBSGE guidelines are out-of-date. Much #NHSEngland #hysteroscopy is now done without anaesthetic or pre-op assessment. @TheBSGE statement published by @RCOG which reminds gynaecologists to offer GA/sedation & stop if pain is severe is ignored by many Trusts.
If patients are not asked about prior sexual abuse/rape/domestic violence/birth trauma, there is also no attempt to discover who is most at risk of PTSD or other serious harm if they *do* experience moderate or severe pain.
Just when you think the absurdity of victim blaming could not possibly go any further, here is a Police Commissioner openly blaming Sarah Everard for what happened to her on BBC radio bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… #FixTheSystemNotTheWomen
Ask: "Are you talking hysteroscopy without anaesthestic? I've read countless reports by women subjected to this barbaric procedure. The answer is no. I will require my surgery to be carried out under hygienic operating theatre conditions with humane anaesthetic."