Women’s Health Wales Coalition
FTWW is chair of the #WomensHealthWales Coalition, calling on Welsh Government to prioritise female healthcare.
The Women’s Health Wales Coalition brings together over sixty charities, UK-wide umbrella organisations, Royal Colleges and patient representatives in Wales.
The coalition is currently chaired by Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales (FTWW) .
Why is the coalition needed?
Women, girls, and those registered female at birth (AFAB) make up 51% of the population in Wales. Despite this, medicine and healthcare services have not necessarily met their needs, resulting in significant disparities in care between men and women, which have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Inequalities can be seen across Wales in the provision of women’s health services, but they also exist in the care of diseases which impact both men and women, with women experiencing comparatively poor outcomes.
Data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals that women can expect to live fewer years ‘disability free’ than men so inequalities are costing women their health, their wellbeing, their quality of life, and their lives.
2022 Quality Statement
As co-chairs of the #WomensHealthWales coalition, FTWW and BHF Cymru facilitated the co-production of a Quality Statement for the Health of Women, Girls and those Assigned Female in Wales.
The report discusses how women in Wales have poorer health outcomes than men and urgent action is needed to ensure they receive equal care and treatment.
Coalition Members
The Coalition includes representatives and / or has support from:
FTWW: Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales (Chair)
- Action for ME
- All Wales People First
- Asthma and Lung UK
- Autistic UK
- BEAT Eating Disorders
- Breast Cancer Now
- British Association of Dermatologists (BAD)
- British Heart Foundation Cymru
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
- Brook
- Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy
- Claire’s Campaign
- Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council
- Diabetes UK
- Disability Wales
- Ehlers Danlos Support UK
- Endometriosis UK
- Ethnic Minority Women in Welsh Healthcare (EMWWH)
- Fertility Network UK Cymru
- Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Fibromyalgia Action UK
- Fibromyalgia Support Wales
- Hypermobility Syndromes Association (HMSA)
- Hormones & Health
- Independent Healthcare Providers’ Network
- International Association of Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD)
- Learning Disability Wales
- Long Covid Wales
- LUPUS UK
- Marie Curie Cymru
- Menstrual Health Coalition
- Mind Cymru
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Cymru
- National Autistic Society
- National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) Wales
- Plan International UK
- Race Council Cymru
- Race Equality First
- Rare Quality of Life (QoL)
- Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG)
- Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (RCPCH)
- Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych)
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)
- Royal National Association of Blind People (RNIB)
- Samaritans Cymru
- Sands
- South Wales Trauma Network
- Tenovus Cancer Care
- Tommy’s
- The Autistic Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Project
- Verity PCOS
- Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support (WAMES)
- Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) Cymru
- Women Connect First
- Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales
Alongside individual academics and research teams from within Cardiff University, Swansea University, University of West Scotland, and Expert Patient Advocates.
Women’s Health Wales Coalition news
FTWW Statement on the NHS Wales 10-year Women’s Health Plan
We are delighted to be sharing this statement at such an exciting time for women’s health in Wales as a 10-year Plan is launched by the Welsh Government. Those who have followed FTWW over the ten years since our inception will know that we have long sought to raise...
Breaking the Silence on Gynaecological Cancers – and Beyond!
FTWW Statement on Senedd Health & Social Care Committee Inquiry into Gynaecological Cancers & Plenary debate (15/05/24) Breaking the Silence on Gynaecological Cancers - and Beyond! Having contributed extensively to the recent inquiry into gynaecological...
Women’s Health Plan for Wales Launched by Third Sector Coalition
A report published by a coalition of charities and health organisations, on International Day of Action for Women’s Health, says women in Wales have poorer health outcomes than men and urgent action is needed to ensure they receive equal care and treatment. Leading...
Want to know more?
If you represent a charitable organisation, professional body, expert patient group, or academic institution and would like to know more about the Women’s Health Wales Coalition, including how you can join, please get in touch.
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