Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help women who experience incontinence after childbirth.

Women who experience incontinence following childbirth can access a range of treatment depending on their individual needs, from primary care advice on management through to physiotherapy, medical management and where required surgical intervention.

NHS England is the responsible commissioner for interventions where a woman is experiencing complex or persistent issues with incontinence that requires specialist input.

The Women’s and Children’s Programme of Care are currently reviewing the complex gynaecology specifications to ensure women continue to be able to access high quality care from the appropriate providers. These will be going to public consultation in the next few months.