Dawn Owen (just off centre right, holding a FTWW leaflet), one of FTWW’s fantastic volunteers and Y Menopos Champions, was this month invited to the House of Lords for the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group’s launch of a UK Menopause Manifesto.
The Manifesto echoes some of the calls FTWW has been making, not least as part of the Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen y Menopos Cymru gyfan, whose recommendations will feature in a new NHS Wales Women’s Health Plan.
We are particularly keen to see menopause feature more prominently in training for healthcare professionals, including GPs, practice nurses, and gynaecologists. We also want to see the topic included in menstrual wellbeing education in Wales’s schools, for HRT shortages to be addressed, and more research into the impact and management of menopause.