P-06-1467 Instruct NHS Wales to add Adenomyosis to its 111 A-Z webpages – Correspondence from the Petitioner to the Committee, 22 November 2024

Thank you very much for getting in touch. 

We would like to extend our thanks to the Committee and Cabinet Secretary for their swift response to this petition. We are delighted that information about adenomyosis is now available bi-lingually on the NHS Wales 111 A-Z. It is vitally important that this incredibly valuable and trusted resource is kept up to date with general and Wales-specific evidence-based health information as it is often the first port of call for patients.

However, since the petition, we have become aware that the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, who host the website, do not necessarily have the requisite funding or infrastructure in place to continually update or provide new or Wales-specific clinical information, including translation into Welsh, on the A-Z webpages. Presently, for the most part, information is syndicated from NHS England. We are concerned that this might present some problems for Welsh patients if NHS England signposts services, pathways, or other England-based organisations whose information is not relevant to Wales or is not available in Welsh.

Whilst we recognise that this is beyond the scope of our original petition, we feel it potentially warrants some additional attention from the Committee, especially if the public would wish to see more information available via the NHS Wales 111 website in the future.

Many thanks again.

Best wishes, Cofion gorau,

Dee, cc Debbie, on behalf of the FTWW team