Women’s Health Strategy Debate
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David Mundell
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Karin Smyth
The chief executive is right that the previous Government did not have women’s health at the heart of their strategy, and that is why we do.
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) (Con)
As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on HIV, AIDS and sexual health, may I ask the Minister about the very low take-up of pre-exposure prophylaxis among women in the UK? What steps are being taken to change that? Obviously, there are barriers such as stigma and low levels of information, but does she agree that PrEP should not just be made available in sexual health settings, particularly as we have had the roll-out of opt-out testing?
Karin Smyth
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for the work he does in this area. He does an excellent job and makes an excellent point. I do not know the detailed answer to that question—it is not directly my area—but I am very happy to make sure that we write to him.