Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:00 pm on 1 December 2021.
Thank you very much, and thank you for the question. As a woman who is of the age where we have to be concerned about such things, I'm pleased to see that the UK Government has followed what we've done in Wales. We've been offering free HRT for many years, so the revolution that's happening in England has been in place for many years here in Wales. You're quite right in terms of the postcode lottery, and one of the things that we need to do is ensure that women don't have to wait quite so long before people understand that that's the reason why they feel the way they do. That's why I've asked the women's implementation group, which is responsible for looking at health—. At present, they're looking at a few things in quite a narrow way, in terms of mesh and so forth. I've asked them to think about how they can broaden that out. One of the things that I'm determined to do is to look at a women's health programme, and you'll be hearing more about that in the weeks to come.