Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 15 June 2022.
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the appointment of the endometriosis clinical nurse specialist in Hywel Dda. Some 163,200 women in Wales live with this debilitating and painful condition, and 19,625 of those live in the Hywel Dda area. Endometriosis is a condition that often has gone undiagnosed for many years, and it's fantastic that each health board now has a nurse specialist who will be able to improve the care for women with this particular condition. Minister, will you join me in welcoming the appointment of the endometriosis clinical nurse specialist in the Hywel Dda area, and indeed all health boards across Wales, and are you able to give any further details on how this role will help improve early diagnosis, reduce the time women wait for treatment, and also improve education, so that both clinicians and patients can recognise the signs and the symptoms as early as is possible?