Women’s Health Strategy Debate
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Cameron Thomas
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Karin Smyth
The hon. Gentleman can tell his women constituents what I hope everyone across the House will be able to tell their constituents: this Government inherited 600,000 women on those waiting lists, and we are committed—as said in our elective reform plan, which highlighted gynaecology in particular—to getting those waiting lists down from 18 months to 18 weeks in the lifetime of this Parliament.
Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury) (LD)
I represent almost 40,000 women, and they and the men who love them would invite the Minister to state explicitly that the Government will not draw down their access to women’s health hubs or remove their women’s health targets.
Karin Smyth
I have made that commitment several times from this Dispatch Box. We think the women’s health hubs are working across the country—I do not know exactly how the hon. Gentleman’s hub is working at the moment. Only three areas do not have a women’s health hub, and we expect them to get on with that and have one. We will ensure we have the learning from them across the country.