We and our community have been represented in a number of articles and pieces this month, ranging from coverage of the Women’s Health Plan and Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Fibroids Awareness Month, a new Higher Education (HEPI) Report on the hidden impact of menstrual cycles on education, and the Sodium Valproate scandal.
We would like to invite you to attend one of our drop-in stakeholder sessions to discuss the Women’s Health Hubs project within BCUHB.
The women’s health hubs project is a part of the Women’s Health Plan, which can be accessed here.
The project involves establishing a ‘pathfinder’ women’s health hub within each Health Board by March 2026.
As a member disabled people’s organisation (DPO) of Disability Wales, FTWW supports their statement published today in response to the Welfare Bill concessions (see below).
The consultation on Welsh Government’s upcoming Draft Disabled People’s Rights plan is now open. The plan, based on the work of the Disability Rights Taskforce (of which FTWW is a member organisation), sets out a 10-year ambition and the long-term outcomes the Welsh Government is working towards to ensure disabled people can flourish as equal members of Welsh society, and to challenge discrimination and prejudice.
This month, we were pleased to host a webinar with colleagues from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, where our members learned about the role of NICE in supporting healthcare professionals to deliver optimum care for patients.
Our Chair, Willow, was thanked for her involvement in the work of the Welsh Government’s Disability Rights Taskforce, for sharing her lived experience and ambition to address inequalities, as the first stages of research into the development of a National Centre for Independent Living was published.
We are conducting a project to develop a measure of the costs related to having menopausal symptoms for use in the ESTEEM trial which is looking at the use of testosterone when added to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
We were thrilled to be invited to take to the main stage at this year’s Everywoman Festival, with Engagement Officer, Dee, a panellist alongside NHS Wales Women’s Health Clinical Lead, Dr Helen Munro, and Director of the new Wales Women’s Health Research Centre, Professor Jacky Boivin, and Chaired by the Chief Nursing Officer, Sue Tranka.
Addressing diagnostic delays for endometriosis and improving awareness amongst healthcare professionals remains a core objective for us, so we were delighted to coproduce the training offered to GPs – as reported here by ITV Cymru Wales.
We couldn’t have the reach or impact we do without our amazing volunteers throughout Wales.
Here are just some of the activities our volunteers have participated in this month:
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