Menorrhagia

(asked on 2nd July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women affected by heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in England; and if he will make it his policy to improve HMB care in primary care.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 10th July 2018

Data on the number of women affected by heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in England is not held centrally.

HMB can have a major impact on a woman’s quality of life. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidelines on HMB in March 2018, which aim to improve the care surrounding HMB. The full guidance can be found at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng88/evidence/full-guideline-pdf-4782291810 /ng88

The NICE guidelines emphasise the advances in treatments for HMB and the choices available for patients. NHS Choices also has a self-assessment website which directs people to primary care if they have HMB, which can be found at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Heavy-periods-self-assessment.aspx

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