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Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

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• 74% of Welsh adults said the NHS would be very important to their vote.

Ipsos asked 747 Welsh adults aged 16+ between 2 April 2026 and 8 April 2026, before the 2026 Senedd election. People could choose as many issues as they liked. More on public opinion.

No written questions on this brief in the Sixth Senedd yet.

3 petitions to the Senedd on this brief, open ones first, then by signatures:

1. Reinstate the additional weeks financial support to NHS bursary nursing and midwifery students.

   Open

   308 signatures

2. Standardised aftercare information and follow-up after endometriosis surgery

   Open

   120 signatures

3. Establish One National Health Board for Wales and Empower County Hospitals

   Closed

   1,034 signatures

No committee sessions on this brief in the Sixth Senedd yet.

159 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

1. Mark IsherwoodConservative

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …they've not been equipped with the information they need on gynaecological conditions and cancers. The 'Women's Health in Wales—A Discovery Report: Foundations for a Women's Health Plan' notes that women's health and well-being are 'often undervalued and under-resourced'. The report also shows that…

   Tagged for: “Women's Health”Official Record

2. Cefin CampbellPlaid

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …are disproportionately prominent in rural Wales. Here, far too often, there is a lack of expertise in women's health, with medical capacity and support varying greatly from area to area. Of course, the situation has deteriorated recently, as we see more rural surgeries closing and also cuts in…

   Tagged for: “women's health”, “endometriosis”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

3. Gareth DaviesConservative

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …and support it also as well. Despite women and girls making up more than half of the Welsh population, women's health and well-being is often undervalued and under-resourced, and there is a dire need to reduce health inequalities, improve equity of service and improve health outcomes for women in…

   Tagged for: “women's health”, “maternity”, “menopause”Official Record

4. Joyce WatsonLabour

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …often unsupported and, in turn, exacerbates the problems that they are presenting with. One specific women's health condition where this is often the case concerns period pain. The normalisation of pain around periods can cause severe delays in diagnosis for gynaecological conditions, particularly…

   Tagged for: “women's health”, “endometriosis”Official Record

5. Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …work outcomes in cancer care, eye care—and I'll be referring to that later, in another debate. We see maternity services creaking, and abortion services that don't exist in many areas of Wales. But I do have empathy, and I do have love—love for my wife, two daughters, mother and sister, and all the…

   Tagged for: “maternity”, “endometriosis”, “women's health”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

6. Natasha AsgharConservative

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …the motion highlights the need for recognition of the unique and often considerably painful aspects of women's health. In all areas of women's health, our anatomy often brings unique struggles and complications, which are just accepted as the norm and something women and girls must just suck up and…

   Tagged for: “women's health”, “endometriosis”, “menopause”Official Record

7. Sioned WilliamsPlaid

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   It is disappointing, I have to say—. I know that the Minister with responsibility for women’s health is here, but the First Minister told us, and made a great show of the fact, that she was listening, and that women’s health was an issue that she’d heard, but, unfortunately, she’s not here this…

   Tagged for: “women’s health”, “women's health”, “menopause”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

8. Carolyn ThomasLabour

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …have to put up with a lot: periods, childbirth, often being the main carer, the organiser, and then the menopause comes along. And it’s often seen as a weakness rather than, actually, showing how strong women are, putting up with it all and doing all that they do. All these can be debilitating…

   Tagged for: “menopause”, “endometriosis”, “women’s health”Official Record

9. Delyth JewellPlaid

   2 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

   …to treatment within the target. This is only one reason why I'd agree with Claire's Campaign that the women's health plan must include a specific focus on gynaecological cancers. I'd be grateful to know whether this will happen and whether the plan will also look at clinical culture and some of the…

   Tagged for: “women's health”, “midwives”, “midwifery”, “menopause”Official Record

10. Delyth JewellPlaid

    2 October 2024, Plenary

    Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare

    …affecting women that we still don't know enough about, because of a lack of research or understanding. Endometriosis is a condition that affects roughly one in 10 women and occurs when the tissue inside the uterus begins to grow outside it, leading to chronic pain. As the British Pregnancy Advisory…

    Tagged for: “Endometriosis”Official Record

11. Dawn BowdenLabour

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years

    Thank you, Jenny. That's a hugely important point that you're raising, and what we should be having is services through maternity and neonatal services. We do have a safety support programme, and that should be delivering the kinds of things that, absolutely, you're talking about. We are getting…

    Tagged for: “maternity”, “neonatal”Official Record

12. Jenny RathboneLabour

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years

    How are we going to get midwives and health visitors filling that gap that exists for so many people?

    Tagged for: “midwives”Official Record

13. Jenny RathboneLabour

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years

    …that first-time mums in particular are not getting sufficient time or continuity of care with their midwife to trust their advice, and that is what midwives have told me. They will tell them that having an induction does not necessarily lead to a labour and it may, otherwise, lead to an emergency…

    Tagged for: “midwife”, “midwives”Official Record

14. Dawn BowdenLabour

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years

    …of course, has a key role in reducing inequalities in outcomes in the early years. Health visiting and midwifery services, as the universal support services in the first 1,000 days, are uniquely placed to support families, systematically assess need, and enable targeted support and intervention…

    Tagged for: “midwifery”, “maternity”, “neonatal”Official Record

15. Julie JamesLabour

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

    …The introduction of a statutory medical examiner system will provide additional assurances for neonatal deaths, that is babies who die within 28 days of birth. And I'm pleased to say that, since the beginning of this month, all deaths, including neonatal deaths in any health setting, that are not…

    Tagged for: “neonatal”Official Record

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