Women’s Health Strategy Debate
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Jerome Mayhew
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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.
Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham) (Con)
The Minister got her tone wrong in dealing with this urgent question. If a Minister turns up late for a UQ, the least they can do is take the questions from the Opposition Front Bench seriously.
Amanda Pritchard, the CEO of NHS England, has said that the health service does not
“always have the needs of women at its heart.”
What message do the Government think scrapping women’s health targets will send?
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.