Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Better Health - Every Mind Matters campaign and page 88 of the Women’s Health Strategy, what progress his Department has made on developing tailored content for that initiative on issues which affect women’s mental health since the publication of the women’s health strategy.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has produced classroom resources to support the teaching of mental health topics included in the Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum, including issues which particularly affect girls. OHID has also developed new video content to promote body neutrality which will be distributed via social media channels in 2023.

OHID is also developing new content for the Better Health-Every Mind Matters platform, including information on managing menopause-related mental health problems, which we anticipate will be launched in 2023.