Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy responds to the views of women who have experienced pain due to gynaecological examinations and procedures.
On 23 December 2021, we published ‘Our Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy for England’ with the results of the call for evidence survey. The analysis of the call for evidence showed that women have often felt they were not listened to by healthcare professionals with regards to pain related to menstruation and other gynaecological conditions. The Department will be informed by the views of women as we develop the Strategy, which will be published in spring 2022.