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(asked on 2nd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the development of a women’s health strategy will take into account (a) the Government’s development of a sexual and reproductive health strategy and (b) Public Health England’s anticipated reproductive health action plan.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 5th March 2020

Plans to develop a women’s health strategy are at an early stage. This Government is committed to engaging widely with organisations from across the health and care sector to inform our thinking on women’s health.

We are mindful of good work that is already being developed and how this could inform such a strategy, including Public Health England’s Women’s Reproductive Health Action plan. It has also become apparent over the last few years that we can do better in terms of other services we provide for women, and we will consider potential improvements carefully.

Specific policy or subject areas for inclusion in a strategy have not yet been decided. There is benefit in providing an overarching framework within which a wide range of initiatives on women’s health can fit.

There is as yet no fixed timetable for announcement or publication. Officials are working closely with Ministers to work through these details, and we will set out our plans in due course.

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