Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales | Triniaeth Deg i Fenywod Cymru
What’s going on?
Read FTWW’s latest news and opinion about women’s health equality and beyond below….
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General Medical Council Consultation: Help shape good, safe patient care
The GMC is inviting patients and the public to share their views on two important pieces of guidance for doctors, PAs, and AAs, which helps them raise concerns about patient safety and supports leaders and managers to improve the service provided to patients.
The Top 10 PCOS Research Priorities Results Published
Our friends at Verity (PCOS UK) and Cardiff University led a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the Top 10 PCOS Research Priorities, and FTWW was delighted to be a member organisation of the steering group. The Top 10 have now been announced.
Rebuilding trust: Tackling inequity in menopause care
A new report has found that menopause care is still failing to meet the needs of some of the most marginalised in society. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on menopause gathered crucial evidence highlighting the barriers experienced by women and people from marginalised communities – and what needs to change so that everyone has access to support when they need it.
Cross-Party Group on Human Rights launches report, featuring FTWW calls on Women’s Right to Health
FTWW was pleased to contribute insights to the Cross Party Group on Human Rights’ new report: Progress on Human Rights in Wales. Published on 12th November, the report examines how far the Welsh Government has progressed in strengthening human rights – and what more needs to be done.
FTWW attends The Health Collective Annual Meeting
The Health Collective is an initiative led by Wellbeing of Women, made up of healthcare professionals and grassroots organisations working in the women’s health space, with the aim to improve healthcare for marginalised women and people registered female at birth. FTWW’s Dee was delighted to attend this year’s annual meeting in London on 12th November.
Ensuring Substance Use Services Consider the Needs of Women and People Assigned Female at Birth
FTWW’s Debbie and Isabel were pleased to present to the Western Bay Service Providers’ Forum, made up of local authorities in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, to share evidence about the links between hormones, mental health, and potential risk of self-harm and substance use, so that services can be more aware and able to identify when women and people registered female at birth (AFAB) might be more at risk, such as during adolescence, post-natal, and during peri-menopause.
FTWW and Patient Voices at the All-Wales Clinical Supervisors for Midwives Network
FTWW’s Debbie and Isabel were pleased to be able to present to the All-Wales Clinical Supervisors for Midwives Network on 30th October, on the need for maternity services and care to understand and accommodate the needs of those who are living with long-term health conditions, are disabled, or neurodivergent.
FTWW Presents at RCOG Wales Annual Conference
We were thrilled to be invited to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Wales Annual Conference with around 100 obstetricians and gynaecologists across Wales on 7th November, to present alongside Cardiff University’s Dr Robyn Jackowich and Rachel Joseph on projects and activities relevant to delivery of gynaecology services in Wales.
Menopause Awareness Month: Empowering Conversations and Support
October is menopause awareness month and – as one of FTWW’s key campaign areas – we have been very busy attending and hosting events and shining a spotlight on life with menopause. We were delighted to spend World Menopause Day with our friends from Cysters at their fantastic ‘Marginalised and Menopausal’ event in Cardiff. We also hosted a webinar for FTWW members, ‘Managing Menopause Symptoms with CBT’, led by FTWW Volunteer Menopause Champion and Principal Clinical Psychologist, Dr Dawn Owen DClinPsy. Fellow FTWW Volunteer Menopause Champion, Lisa Nicholls, was also interviewed by BBC Radio Wales’ Jason Mohammed…
Women’s Health features in Discussions on a 10-year Strategy for North Wales Health Board
On Wednesday 8 October, Charity Director, Debbie, and FTWW Chair, Willow Holloway, were delighted to be invited to participate in a 10-year ‘Strategic Intent’ event with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and the Bevan Commission.
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