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Asking MN to consider removing incorrect medical advice on medical threads…

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Larrythecatforpm · 30/06/2026 16:40

It’s happened again, a poster has posted about type one diabetes symptoms in their child and there has been a whole barrel of incorrect medical nonsense.

One of these days it’s going to result in someone listening to incorrect and stupid advice and result in a death.

I am calling on MumsnetHQ to start removing incorrect medical advice comments. It needs to be done, sooner rather than later please.

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Larrythecatforpm · 30/06/2026 17:06

GreenFootstool · 30/06/2026 16:55

They also don't remove links to sites to buy drugs that are prescription only in the UK but available abroad like melatonin.

This too.

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Larrythecatforpm · 30/06/2026 17:06

ofcolitas · 30/06/2026 16:57

How would mumsnet HQ know whether or not the medical advice given is incorrect?

No, but incases were posters DO know the correct medical advice & report wrong advice it should be removed. Literally a post about a child with T1 symptoms and someones accusing of them of just being hungover when it’s not even mentioned acohol in the post. It’s ridiculous and going to cause a death one day I see it regularly.

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BeaPerry · 30/06/2026 17:04

OP - This won’t work -

people on the internet WILL give wrong advice
medical
safeguarding
legal

etc etc etc

that’s the nature of the beast

7238SM · 30/06/2026 17:02

They'd also need to have a medical consultant for every field, mental health nurse, sonographer, radiologist, midwife, OT, physio, osteopath not to mention a vet. What about including a dietician when people claim certain foods do X or have eating disorders? Where would it stop?

There is already a disclaimer that the opinions may not be from actual medical professionals!

ScaredButUnavoidable · 30/06/2026 16:58

But that would rely on Mumsnet knowing what is correct and what isn’t.

I see so much bad (potentially dangerous) medical advice being given on threads but unless MN is going to employ a Doctor to monitor every post that is written in relation to health related question to decide whether it is appropriate for the post to published or not, then unfortunately it is the risk of using a public forum.

ofcolitas · 30/06/2026 16:57

How would mumsnet HQ know whether or not the medical advice given is incorrect?

thisandthats · 30/06/2026 16:56

Fully agree. I also hope that poster's son is ok

GreenFootstool · 30/06/2026 16:55

They also don't remove links to sites to buy drugs that are prescription only in the UK but available abroad like melatonin.

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