Asked by: Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advice about egg freezing that is available to women on the NHS website.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Elective egg freezing is not a service provided by the National Health Service and information is therefore is not included on the NHS website. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), as the United Kingdom-wide regulator of fertility treatment, publishes advice about egg freezing on its website in an online-only format, including information about the process, risks, success and data on this. There is a link through to the HFEA website from the NHS webpages on infertility.
Asked by: Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what mental health support they currently offer to survivors of image-based abuse.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Whilst the National Health Service does not offer bespoke mental health services to survivors of image-based abuse, anyone experiencing mental health problems as a result of such abuse is advised to seek help from their local general practitioner, NHS Talking Therapies services or through NHS 111.
Further advice for survivors is available from the Revenge Porn Helpline and other sources of emotional support for all types of abuse can be obtained through the Hub of Hope website, both in an online-only format.