The reality of #mesh complications for way too many women on the support group.

@Kath Sampson reveals the harsh realities of #PelvicMesh complications in my latest #podcast . The stories of resilience & the fight for justice will move you. Tune in to understand why this is more than a medical issue. #SlingTheMesh #MedicalScandal

🎙️ listen to the full podcast here ⬇️

buzzsprout.com/2182221/149223…

Also the problem of medical devices like #mesh

New Zealand advocates call for a Patient Safety Commissioner like we have in England Patient Safety Commissioner consumeradvocacyalliance.co.nz/blog/2024/04/2…

New blog post: ‘Hidden’ bacteria could explain chronic urinary tract infections dlvr.it/T5rnfJ

Shocking - yet this poor quality evidence is used routinely to push treatments in UK hospitals

Imagine going in for routine day surgery to help stop occasional bladder leaks and being left permanently disabled needing a wheelchair or stoma bag. 
That's what's happened to thousands of women around the world. Listen to Kath Sansom Podcast out now: buzzsprout.com/2182221/149223…

More than 10,400 members of my support group and so many have had their lives ripped apart 🥲

Medical device companies are paying millions of pounds to UK hospitals to influence clinical decisions to use certain drugs and products.

Any conflict of interests? Companies with the biggest wallet win.

Your life is another profit opportunity.
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Medical device companies pay millions to NHS while pushing products, says study theguardian.com/business/2024/…

“If you are being fitted with a pacemaker, you trust the device has been chosen in the best interests of patient care, not because of a financial incentive. The stakes are high if this is undermined, as evidenced by the mesh implants scandal.”

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

So important to see the influence of industry on the healthcare sector

Many of our 10,000 members will be keen to make sure that this new draft PROM is able to capture the outcomes from their surgery – and thus positive and negative outcomes from future pelvic floor surgeries, still in use