Health and Social Care

Tuesday 28th April 2026 Written Corrections

Women’s Health Strategy

The following extract is from the statement on the Women’s Health Strategy on 16 April 2026.

[Karin Smyth]

The waiting list for gynae care was north of 600,000 when we took office. Today that figure is finally moving in the right direction, but we cannot make as much progress as we would like because the system simply was not designed with women in mind…

Women’s health pathways are being prioritised in NHS Online, and menopause and menstrual health services will be among the first to go live when it becomes operational this year.

[Official Report, 16 April 2026; Vol. 783, c. 1049.]

Written correction submitted by the Minister for Secondary Care, the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth):

[Karin Smyth]

The waiting list for gynae care was nearly 600,000 when we took office. Today that figure is finally moving in the right direction, but we cannot make as much progress as we would like because the system simply was not designed with women in mind…

Women’s health pathways are being prioritised in NHS Online, and menopause and menstrual health services will be among the first to go live when it becomes operational next year.