This is a subject recently explored by a UK parliamentary inquiry.
Reporting its findings in December 2024, the Women and Equalities Committee found that doctors were too often dismissive of symptoms when women presented with reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, or heavy menstrual bleeding. The report also singled out the “harrowing experiences” of women in outpatient settings undergoing hysteroscopies and coil fitting as “one of the most troubling aspects of our inquiry.”
The committee learnt that women weren’t always informed about the potential pain that such procedures can induce; nor were they always able to get sufficient pain relief or stop a procedure once it was under way—all practices that, the committee noted, went against medical best practice and guidelines.
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