‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?
- Posted on August 16, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?
There are more than 70,000 hysteroscopies every year in England alone. The NHS calls them ‘low complexity’ – yet a shocking number of patients complain of inadequate pain relief and medical staff who refuse to take them seriously
