Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women's health hubs have been established in NHS Devon ICB; and what services they provide.

NHS Devon Integrated Care Board developed a variation of the women’s health hub model, focused on virtual and system-wide provision for local women. More information about this is available on the One Devon website at the following link:

https://onedevon.org.uk/our-work/services-and-support/womens-health-strategy/

The Devon Women’s Health Hubs project has two main priorities:

• developing a range of virtual services along the menopause pathway, to ensure women receive the right advice and guidance at the point of care; and

• enhancing provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception, for both contraceptive and non-contraceptive reasons such as heavy menstrual bleeding.

While Devon does not yet have a physical hub, the long-term ambition remains to work towards establishing one in the South West. This will include exploring how neighbourhood and place-based settings could support its development.