This is ridiculous. #Hysteroscopy should be done with sedation and pain relief. #womenshealth #firstdonoharm

Yes minor Gynaecology surgery is stillcarried out today in outpatients without anaesthetic #Hysteroscopy #Colposcopy #Womb biopsies polyps and fibroids surgically removed #cervical biopsies. Hysteroscopy Action NHS England it’s your policy Victoria Atkins .

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How many real life women doctors are campaigning to end horrendously painful #hysteroscopy? How many NHS hospitals offer safely monitored IV sedation+analgesia for the extreme pain of #womb endoscopy? #medtwitter Here's fictional Dr Nina telling med students to prevent pain.

Gail Busby Liz Howard Samantha Evans💙 Hysteroscopy Action Womb Cancer Info Clairibobs 🟪⬜️🟩 RoyalCollegeObsGyn Royal College of Anaesthetists Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) A patient shouldn’t have to be clued up to ask about pain control options for #hysteroscopy . Pain control/ anaesthetic should be part of the consent process. This is just not happening for most women Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Department of Health and Social Care policy is designed to deny choice.

Dee #OutPatientHysteroscopyPainFreeNHS Gail Busby LilasT Hysteroscopy Action Meanwhile videos with soft graphics are being made suggesting relaxing in a hot bath before the procedure, going for a walk, listening to music, all of which suggest anxiety is the issue! Such garbage! #hysteroscopy #pain 7/10 for at least 1 in 3.

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This is barbaric. The doctor couldn't see the cervix or it's opening so they cut a new opening into the patient's womb with scissors. And they're proud of the fact they used no anaesthetic and claim it was painless #medicalmisogyny #genderpaingap #hysteroscopy

Women desperately need adequate anaesthetic for #Hysteroscopy

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Period pain that impacts day to day life, including causing absences from school, can be a symptom of endometriosis and other menstrual health conditions, and must be taken seriously. Continued in the thread below 👇

Snippet from a survey by the British Association for Day Surgery (BADS) who want 90% diagnosis & 50% operative hysteroscopies performed without an anaesthetist. It appears the driving factor in OPH is saving money, not patient care. Hysteroscopy Action BSGE RoyalCollegeObsGyn Royal College of Anaesthetists

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⁦ Hysteroscopy Action The pain of hysteroscopy can’t be totally predicted because NHS failed to collect any evidence during the last 20 years when this would have been very easy to do. Instead listened to a few influential gynaecologists with anecdotal opinions.

GrannyMazz🦕🎗 I agree, women are all different, as is their medical history. All patients of Hysteroscopy should be heard and believed. Good and Bad. Truthful data is the only good advice. Really pleased yours was pain and trauma free, mine- horrific

GrannyMazz🦕 It’s really good to know that you were one of those who had an easier time with this procedure than many others have had. It’s the same with childbirth - experiences can vary dramatically. But I will never undergo a hysteroscopy again without pain relief, for me it was horrific.

GrannyMazz🦕 Genuinely delighted yours was easy and no worse than a contraction. Mine wasn’t - brutal and horrific pain and clinically diagnosed with severe PTSD afterwards. Women need to know that both types of experiences might happen and make informed choice about anaesthetic accordingly.