Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of appointments for abortions in NHS hospital settings for women with complex medical conditions.
Information on abortion waiting times is not collected centrally.
The Department is aware of some issues around women with complex needs accessing abortion care. We are working with NHS England and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to improve abortion services for women with health co-morbidities – ensuring that National Health Service hospitals can expand their capacity and that staff have the right skills to provide appropriate care for these complex cases.