Sling the Mesh
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When industry influences healthcare patient safety suffers. Raising awareness of surgical mesh harm #prolapse #hernia #rectopexy #breast #SUI @kathsansom
Cambridgeshire
Joined May 2015
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
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RT @JasonFarrellSky: Huge scandals of the past - made worse by inaction today. #primodos #valproate #mesh
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RT @SkyNews: Five years on from the damning Cumberlege review into Medical Regulation, Sky's Home Editor @JasonFarrellSky speaks to women s….
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🇮🇪 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
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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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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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Mesh injured women ‘still fighting for justice’ five years on from First Do No Harm review .#slingthemesh
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Dangerously naiive. It feels like the NHS is becoming a cheerleader to industry - and not patient safety.
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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🇮🇳Indian surgeon publishes article in international professional association magazine about using banned vaginal prolapse mesh – withdrawn in many Western countries over safety concerns.
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🇮🇪There's an aggressive push in Ireland via professional lobbying to lift the bladder #mesh sling suspension – a deeply concerning development for thousands of women who've suffered life-altering injuries from these devices @ellapickover @StormLNewton
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Shocking to see the push by Irish doctors to bring back bladder Mesh slings, suspended in 2018 due to unacceptable life altering complications. Listen from 50 mins.
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25 dogs used in a trial of polypropylene surgical #mesh used to reconstruct extensive defects caused by tumours - complication rates look appalling
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Our #slingthemesh member shares her story on how she watched her life disappear due to Pelvic Mesh complications
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💔Grieving the life we lost - and the one we deserved. For the mesh injured this isn’t just a quote it’s reality. We were told this surgery was the gold standard. We trusted. We hoped. And for many, that trust cost more than anyone could have imagined. #slingthemesh
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Great to speak alongside James Larkin & Dr Kieran Harkin in Irish Parliament outlining the need for Sunshine legislation: legally mandated public disclosure of payments from pharma & medical device companies to healthcare professionals & healthcare organisations #patientsafety
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Caldera Medical has recently bought the J&J Ethicon bladder #mesh sling which was suspended in the UK in 2018 due to unacceptable complications - I wonder if their top performing sales reps know this
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RT @AvMAuk: Save the Date: 22-23 October 2025. The Clinical Negligence: Law, Practice & Procedure Conference is back for 2025. Programme….
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