Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England staff are working on fertility aspects of the Women's Health Strategy for England as of September 2023; and what portion of those staff are full time.

NHS England has advised that it has a number of different teams working on different elements of the Women’s Health Strategy, including staff within the maternity team. Senior clinical leadership and advice is being provided by the National Speciality Advisor for Gynaecology until a National Clinical Director for Women’s Health is appointed.

Strategic oversight of this work is provided by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England and the Deputy CNO for Safety and Improvement.