Wendy McLean was due to start her seventh round of IVF when her doctor said she needed a hysteroscopy – a procedure to examine the inside of her uterus. “It was sold to me as a smear test, basically.

The 53-year-old is one of many in the UK who have reported having a hysteroscopy, which is used to examine the uterus, without enough pain relief. Clinical guidelines say patients must be given ...

Hysteroscopy Action says thousands of women are in extreme pain during and following the invasive procedures to treat problems in the womb, with many suffering for days. It says some are left with ...

Women have been left in extreme pain from an invasive procedure that’s been described as the “next big medical scandal”. They’ve submitted their accounts to a campaign group about their experience ...