When industry influences healthcare patient safety suffers. Raising awareness of surgical mesh harm #prolapse #hernia #rectopexy #breast #SUI @kathsansom
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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
💙❤️We stand in solidarity with the Primodos famillies - it is thanks to them and the tireless advocacy of @Malriel that we had the #firstdonoharm review by Baroness Cumberlege in the first place.
Significant development in one of Britain’s longest running medical scandals - Burnham says he will work to 'get justice' for Primodos victims
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Andy Burnham has said he will work to 'get justice' for the victims of the Primodos scandal.
Burnham paid tribute to campaigners, who have suffered harm due to the pregnancy test drug that was used between the 1950s and 1970s.
Sky's @JasonFarrellSky reports ⬇️
Researchers implanted polypropylene prolapse mesh into rats then used human umbilical-cord cells to modify the body's response to the plastic. If the body reacts badly enough to require such research why are we implanting plastic mesh into women at all?
bioengineer.org/stem-cell-ve…
Primodos families were a key part of the #FirstDoNoHarm report into 3 women's health harms - yet were left out of financial redress talks.
It's time to compensate #primodos #mesh and #valproate families
❤️💙 Mesh redress returned to Parliament again today, with powerful contributions, including Health Minister Dame Diana Johnson who confirmed she had watched the MAZE mesh documentary and expressed determination to see this issue addressed within the lifetime of this Government
Sharon Hodgson MP: "We are at a stalemate on #mesh redress; the Government changed hands after the Hughes report, but we are now over 2 years on. Will the Leader of the House meet me and Sir Julian Lewis Member to discuss how we can move forward?
hansard.parliament.uk/common…
Sir Alan Campbell says mesh is an issue of considerable concern and recognises the profound, life-changing impact on women and their families. "I understand the frustration and the timescales involved. I will ask Ministers to update on this matter"
hansard.parliament.uk/common…
A simple ask. Watch the 15-minute MAZE documentary The Medical Mesh Scandal Ruining Women’s Lives, says MP Julian Lewis in the Commons.
In 2020 the Patient Safety Commissioner outlined a redress scheme for women harmed by pelvic mesh. We're still waiting.
hansard.parliament.uk/common…
😱More outrageous examples of things said to our Facebook support group members by their doctor #medicalgaslighting #medicalmisogyny
Patient harm has a huge human and financial cost
➡️£5.1 billion a year (NHSE)
➡️15% of health spending linked to harm (OECD)
For #mesh patients costs keep mounting: repeat surgeries, pain meds, recurrent UTIs, mental health support, reliance on benefits
imperial.ac.uk/Stories/Natio…
More great news for the campaign. Sharon Hodgson and Sir Julian Lewis raised financial redress for women harmed by pelvic mesh in the House of Commons. The Leader of the House recognised the profound impact on women and frustration over the lack of a response to the Hughes Report
❤️💙 Women around the world are watching The Mesh Scandal: Ruining Women's Lives documentary which has reached 700,000 views across the globe and screened in Parliament. A huge achievement helping more women make informed decisions 💙❤️ youtube.com/@mazedocs?si=-Az…
This story totally resonates with our #mesh community - more than half suffer ongoing painful UTIs and many end up in hospital with #sepsis
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6m2…
😱Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, new study says.
Sadly we see this denial every day in our support group theguardian.com/society/2026…
❤️💙Well done Scottish Global Mesh Allliance on the publication of their petition to Scottish Parliament. ALL types of mesh and ALL mesh-injured patients are included. It covers changes needed to improve care, treatment and support for everyone affected. petitions.parliament.scot/pe…
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Lexchin, Mintzes, Fabbri, and Grundy’s commentary on new Cochrane review on Pharma promotion: “The more company-sponsored meals that doctors ate and the more gifts or payments they received, the more their prescribing deteriorated”
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New Cochrane review on pharma promotion and docs finds that receipt of gifts and payments is associated with decreased prescribing appropriateness, more prescriptions and increased prescribing costs cochranelibrary.com/web/coch…
More appalling examples of medical gaslighting and #medicalMisogyny experienced by members of Sling The Mesh. These attitudes are not only dismissive and harmful, they are a significant patient safety concern.
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I totally agree with that statement. I am no longer under the care of the hospital who inserted mesh or the one who removed it. I feel like no one wants to know - meanwhile I still have ongoing problems and constant pain. We need recalling and our symptoms/problems to be treated.