Training and funding for Women's health

Providing greater training to medical professionals on women's health,  and increasing funding on areas that are disproportionately impacting women

Providing greater training to nurses and doctors on women's health. Endometriosis, which impacts 10% of Kiwis has a 8+ year diagnosis time. Sexual health appointments such as IUD insertion can take months in most of our largest cities, although it could be done by GPs. There's an estimated backlog of roughly 50,000 overdue cervical smear tests. Women are not entitled to free checkups after birth, or ACC-funded pelvic physiotherapy after difficult births. Every 48 hours one New Zealander dies from ovarian cancer. Women's pain is still less likely to be taken seriouly by health professionals. It's clear women's health needs greater funding and greater training