Part of the debate – Senedd Cymru am 6:42 pm ar 29 Mawrth 2023.
I want to thank all the women who've given and shared their stories, and the experts who have shared platforms with us. And I want to talk particularly about Powys Teaching Health Board, and what we've been told is that none of the visiting gynaecology consultants specialise in endometriosis or have an interest in the condition. That's a serious statement, actually. So, those people have to travel to other Welsh health boards and over the border. And, okay, we can't have things everywhere, but the problem here is that it's become a postcode lottery, and we can't have a condition where it affects one in 10 women, where those women are telling us that it's a postcode lottery, first of all, in getting to see a specialist, even knowing where those specialists are, and what treatments are available. And the concerning thing for me, whilst the nurses are excellent, on the webcam that we were on the other day, the endometriosis nurse in Swansea said the GPs didn't know she existed. So, I think there's some work to do there. Thank you.