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- Women and girls make up just over 50% 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.
www.gov.wales/quality-statement-women-and-girls-health-htmlThe Quality Statement for women and girls’ health - GOV.WALES
Mar 8, 2023 · …the plan should help reduce health inequalities, improve equity of service, improve health outcomes for women in Wales, and ensure that NHS services reflect women’s needs across their life course. The plan is one part of a wider picture when it comes to women and girls’ health.
Jul 5, 2022 · The health service in Wales must demonstrate competence across all protected characteristics [footnote3] to respond to the health needs of women and girls, specifically to reduce inequalities in health outcomes.
Mar 8, 2024 · Several of those key actions have already been delivered. We have: Issued the Quality Statement for Women’s and Girls’ Health. The expectations it sets out are guiding the delivery of women’s health services across Wales. Published the Discovery Report: Foundations for a Women’s Health Plan.
Jan 31, 2024 · The WHWC say that addressing unmet needs in women's health in Wales requires a comprehensive, gender-specific approach to healthcare services for women and girls, and call for the plan to be reported annually to assess progress.
The Welsh government's quality statement on women and girls' health acknowledges, "women's gendered reporting of lived experience and symptoms can be undervalued, overlooked...
Women in Wales remain decades away from achieving equality, says a charity. Gender equality group Chwarae Teg has also produced a five-year review which paints a picture of little or no...
Apr 13, 2019 · Former First Minister Carwyn Jones made the pledge to aim for true equality a year ago - so how well is Wales doing in reaching this goal? It is making "some strides", according to a new report...
