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Consultations

We regularly respond to consultations on access to and provision of women’s healthcare in Wales, making sure our members voices and experiences are shared.

This page includes a list of the current and recent consultations that we are involved with.

Recent consultations

December 2024 – March 2025

  • Health and Care Research Wales’s work on overcoming barriers to involving public and patients in medical research who are disabled or living with long-term health conditions, ‘Discover Your Role 2’  
  • Welsh Government’s consultation on Diversity and Inclusion guidance for registered political parties in Wales  
  • Public Health Wales’s roll-out of its Hapus website to support mental wellbeing in Wales. 

September – December 2024

  • NICE Guidance on Menopause: identification and management
  • Updated Guidance on Endometriosis: diagnosis and management
  • FTWW and Women’s Health Wales coalition comments submitted for inclusion in NHS Wales Women’s Health Plan
  • Senedd Equality & Human Rights Committee – further evidence submitted for ‘Disability & Employment’ inquiry, post-evidence session.

June – September 2024

  • Health Education & Improvement Wales: Strategic Nursing Workforce Plan
  • Welsh Government, Maternity & Neonatal Care Quality Statement
  • Welsh Government, Neurodiversity Code of Practice
  • Health Technology Wales evidence for appraisal of Robot-Assisted non-Cancerous Gynaecology Surgery
  • Abstract submitted (and accepted) to HCRW’s Annual Conference ‘Research Matters’ re the coproduced PhD on Endometriosis Cymru (FTWW Endo Champion, Rachel, to present findings)
  • NICE Guideline, ‘Asthma: Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Management’
  • Welsh Government Migration Integration Framework for Wales – shared with Women’s Health Wales coalition members and Women’s Health Research Centre of Excellence team
  • Senedd Equality & Human Rights Committee inquiry into ‘Disability and Employment’

March to June 2024

  • Cwmpas and Digital Health & Care Wales ‘Digital Inclusion Review’
  • NHS Wales Wellbeing Impact Study (Procurement)
  • Welsh Government ‘Health Impact Assessment Regulations’
  • NICE Guideline on Endometriosis: Diagnosis, Management – Diagnosing Endometriosis
  • Welsh Government ‘Living with Arthritis and MSK Conditions’ Framework 2024-2029
  • RCGP Curriculum Topic Guides
  • GMC ‘A Patient Guide to Good Medical Practice’ Information for Patients
  • Welsh Government Consultation, ‘Proposed changes to the Putting Things Right process’ in NHS Wales
  • Wales Audit Office, Review of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Wales
  • UK Parliament, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Endometriosis, future priorities
  • Welsh Government, draft ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing’ 10-year Strategy
  • Welsh Government, draft, ‘Suicide and Self-harm Prevention’ 10-year Strategy
  • Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW) 10-year Strategic Nursing Workforce Plan

December 2023 – March 2024

  • NICE draft guideline for Menopause: Diagnosis & Management
  • WCVA Health & Social Care Project
  • NHS Wales Accountability Review
  • Welsh Government ‘Health Service Procurement Reform for Wales’
  • Welsh Government ‘Draft Strategic Equality Plan 2024-28’
  • NICE draft guideline for Endometriosis: Diagnosis & Management, first section ‘Management if Fertility is a Priority / Problem’.

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