Mesh Oversight Group Report on vaginal mesh implant

This Mesh Oversight Group Report follows on from the Mesh Working Group Interim Report of December 2015. Both reports are about vaginal mesh implants used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women.

See RCOG's and BSUG's joint response to the report.

Four projects testing innovations to improve care for older people

Four projects, funded through The Health Foundation's Innovation for Improvement programme, are using new and interesting approaches to improve care for older people. Some of these projects are at the early stages of their development but have promising ways to improve care.

Extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in women

New NICE Interventional Procedures Guidance on extraurethral (non-circumferential) retropubic adjustable compression devices for stress urinary incontinence in women. This involves putting 2 small balloons on either side of the tube that carries urine from the bladder to support it and reduce leaks.

Single-incision short sling mesh insertion for stress urinary incontinence in women

Evidence-based recommendations from NICE on single-incision short sling mesh insertion for stress urinary incontinence in women. This involves putting 2 short slings around the tube that carries urine from the bladder to support it.

Belfast physios use prehab to improve quality of life for men with prostate cancer

Two band 7 physiotherapists, Thamra Ayton and Alison Robinson, are leading a service at Belfast City Hospital that has improved continence for patients and reduced the workload for consultants and a clinical nurse specialist.