Rwyf hefyd yn nodi fy null i gynyddu cyllid ar gyfer ymchwil ym maes iechyd menywod. Er bod yr hinsawdd ariannol sydd ohoni yn gwneud hyn yn anodd, rwyf wedi rhoi cyfarwyddyd i’m swyddogion flaenoriaethu symud adnoddau tuag at faes iechyd menywod yn ystod y blynyddoedd nesaf. Rwyf wedi cytuno ar y canlynol:Ymarfer blaenoriaethu ymchwil iechyd menywodi ddechrau ym mis Ebrill 2024 gan geisio barn y rhai sydd â phrofiad bywyd a gweithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol proffesiynol ynghylch y materion sydd bwysicaf iddynt.Cais wedi'i gomisiynu am ymchwil sy'n canolbwyntio'n llwyr ar flaenoriaethau iechyd menywodi'w lansio ym mis Ebrill 2025, gan adeiladu ar yr ymarfer blaenoriaethu ymchwil a chan ymrwymo £750,000 i brosiectau iechyd menywod.Annog cais gan brifysgolion yng Nghymru am gyllid ysgogol i sefydlu Canolfan Ymchwil Iechyd Menywod.
I am also setting out my approach to increasing funding for research for women’s health. While the current financial climate makes this difficult, I have instructed my officials to prioritise moving resources towards women’s health over the next couple of years. I have agreed the following:Women’s health research prioritisation exerciseto start in April 2024. The process seeks the views of those with lived experience and health and social care professionals on the issues that matter most to them.A commissioned call for research focused entirely on women’s health prioritiesto be launched in April 2025, building on the research prioritisation exercise, committing £750,000 to women’s health projects.Encouraging a bid from Welsh universities for catalytic funding to create a Women’s Health Research Centre.