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NDM8566 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Women's healthcare
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Meeting: 02/10/2024 - Plenary (Item 5)
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Women's healthcare
NDM8566 Delyth
Jewell (South Wales East)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets the normalisation of women’s
physical and emotional pain in their healthcare, as well as the expectation
that pain is a regrettable but unavoidable aspect of women's health.
2. Believes that by consulting with
gynaecologists, midwives and women's health groups, health professionals should
aim to reduce situations where pain is expected and accepted as normal in NHS
healthcare.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) strengthen the expectations for NHS
services in the Quality Statement for women and girls’ health;
b) establish a legal requirement for
healthcare providers to regularly collect feedback from female patients about
their experiences and satisfaction with the care they receive, especially in
relation to gynaecological appointments, midwifery and postnatal services,
perinatal mental health and menopause; and
c) introduce statutory obligations for the
development, coordination and implementation of the Women’s Health Plan
developed by the Welsh NHS and consulted on with gynaecologists, midwives and
women's health groups, which should include measures to address and counter the
normalisation of pain in women’s healthcare.
Co-submitters
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
Jane Dodds (Mid and West Wales)
Supporters
Cefin Campbell (Mid and West Wales)
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)
Rhys ab Owen (South Wales Central)
Russell George (Montgomeryshire)
Minutes:
The item started at 15.20
NDM8566 Delyth Jewell (South
Wales East)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets
the normalisation of women’s physical and emotional pain in their healthcare,
as well as the expectation that pain is a regrettable but unavoidable aspect of
women's health.
2.
Believes that by consulting with gynaecologists, midwives and women's health
groups, health professionals should aim to reduce situations where pain is
expected and accepted as normal in NHS healthcare.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
strengthen the expectations for NHS services in the Quality Statement for women
and girls’ health;
b)
establish a legal requirement for healthcare providers to regularly collect
feedback from female patients about their experiences and satisfaction with the
care they receive, especially in relation to gynaecological appointments,
midwifery and postnatal services, perinatal mental health and menopause;
and
c)
introduce statutory obligations for the development, coordination and
implementation of the Women’s Health Plan developed by the Welsh NHS and
consulted on with gynaecologists, midwives and women's health groups, which
should include measures to address and counter the normalisation of pain in
women’s healthcare.
Co-submitters
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
Jane Dodds (Mid and West Wales)
Supporters
Cefin Campbell (Mid and West Wales)
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)
Rhys ab Owen (South Wales Central)
Russell George (Montgomeryshire)
Samuel Kurtz (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Sioned Williams (South Wales West)
The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.