Menopause: Health Education

(asked on 9th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps has his Department is taking to improve education on (a) perimenopause and (b) menopause symptoms.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 14th December 2022

The Department has invested over £3 million to support the teaching of the Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum, which includes information on the menopause. This includes online training modules for subject leads to train non-specialist teachers, an implementation guide and a ‘train the trainer’ programme delivered by lead teaching schools.

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