Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the adequacy of the guidance for post-menopausal women undergoing hysteroscopy procedures on levels of pain during and after those procedures.

No specific assessment has been made. However, information on hysteroscopy procedures and pain management is available on the National Health Service website.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published a patient information leaflet on outpatient hysteroscopy, which we encourage NHS trusts to make available to patients ahead of the procedure. NHS England are clear that doctors or nurses carrying out hysteroscopies should ensure that before a woman consents to the procedure she must be clear on what to expect and be offered pain relief options.