This week, NHS Wales launched its new Women’s Health Website, aiming to provide an easily accessible one-stop shop for information and advice related to women’s health. It corresponds with the announcement that women’s health hubs are now active across all seven Welsh health boards and aligns with the 10-year Women’s Health Plan for Wales.
The website covers a range of women’s health topics such as endometriosis, menstrual health, contraception, pregnancy and pelvic health and signposts to the NHS Wales 111 symptoms checker. In response to statements from women that they feel unheard at their medical appointments, it provides advice on preparing for health appointments.
Claire’s Campaign welcomes the website’s launch. Any improvement in ensuring access to trusted, centralised, clinically verified information for women and girls matters.
But, as with the Women’s Health Plan, it is deeply concerning that there appears to be no meaningful information on gynaecological cancers included.
Because we know this isn’t a small omission, it reflects a much bigger issue.
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Around 1,200 people are diagnosed with gynaecological cancers in Wales each year, and around 470 die.
Women consistently report feeling dismissed, delayed, and unheard when presenting with symptoms.
And outcomes remain among the poorest across cancer types, with significant delays to treatment. In January 2026, less than half (42%) of patients with gynae cancer in Wales were treated on time.
This is exactly why Claire’s Campaign exists.
If a national women’s health platform does not include clear, accessible information on gynaecological cancers, it risks reinforcing the very problem women have been telling us about for years, that their concerns are not being taken seriously.
At a time when Wales is preparing for a Senedd election, this cannot be overlooked.
Women deserve:
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to be informed
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to be listened to
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and to be taken seriously the first time
We welcome the development of this platform, but we will continue to challenge where gaps remain.
Because women’s health must include cancer, and it must include being heard.
For more updates and ways you can support, join Claire’s Campaign here.
