Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting times in Battersea.

The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health, and cutting waiting times across all specialities, including gynaecology.

Through the Elective Reform Plan, we are increasing the relative funding available specifically for gynaecology activity, introducing innovative models of care that deliver services closer to home, including women’s integrated neighbourhoods in the NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), and piloting gynaecology pathways in community diagnostic centres for conditions such as post-menopausal bleeding.

As of April 2026, there are fewer than 16,800 pathways on the gynaecology waiting list in the NHS South West London ICB. 12 months ago, there were fewer than 17,000. Care is being delivered quicker with the percentage of patient pathways involving waits of less than 18 weeks for treatment improving to 64.5% from 57.8% in the same period.

In April, we published the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England. The strategy represents a decisive shift towards addressing longstanding failings in women’s health outcomes, experiences, and access to care.