'Medical misogyny is failing women in rural Wales' – claim

SENEDD member warned a woman’s postcode too often dictates whether she receives timely care in Wales as he shared his daughter's own 13-year ordeal.

- CHRIS HAINES

Plaid Cymru’s Cefin Campbell expressed concerns about systemic failings in women’s health care and a “unique patchwork of barriers” facing women in rural Wales.

He shared the story of his daughter’s struggle with chronic debilitating pain after her symptoms were repeatedly dismissed as normal period pains by doctors.

Leading a powerful debate, Mr Campbell told the Senedd his daughter became emotionally distressed on one occasion during an appointment with her GP in Carmarthenshire.

He said: “Rather than investigating further what might be the underlying reason for the excruciating pain she was suffering, she was offered mental health support and a few paracetamol’s. Needless to say, the GP was a male doctor”

Mr Campbell said his daughter's determination resulted in her eventually being diagnosed with adenomyosis, a painful gynaecological condition, at a west Wales hospital.