Sly Saint
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Campaigners fighting to ban the use of vaginal mesh to treat incontinence, say they're 'absolutely appalled' by a decision by NICE not to ban the procedure.
Kath Sansom from March in Cambridgeshire has been campaigning since 2015 after she was given a mesh implant to treat incontinence after childbirth and suffered complications.
Kath says the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence disregards the experiences of thousands of women.
NICE says it recognises there is 'public concern about the use of mesh procedures' and that there is "some evidence of benefit" for using surgery - including mesh to manage stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. But that there is "limited evidence" on the long-term harms. "In particular, the true prevalence of long-term complications is unknown," it said.
"We are appalled that despite political campaigns and the obvious suffering of many women, these guidelines are no different from what was published in 2003. They are so weak, they clear the way for the next generation of women to be harmed. We told our stories and Nice ignored us."
the problem of lack of recording of harms again a problem
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/201...lled-say-mesh-campaigners-over-nice-decision/
(the story is also in various papers)
see also this thread:
https://www.s4me.info/threads/healt...-of-medical-treatment-issues.2553/#post-46645
eta: this was the poster for the review, am looking for the results.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...t-medicines-and-medical-devices-safety-review
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