Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department intends to support collaborative commissioning of sexual and reproductive health services (a) in NHS South East London Integrated Care System and (b) across England.

Local authorities across England are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual health services to meet local demand, and it is for them to decide on commissioning arrangements based on an assessment of local need. NHS England has produced guidance for all integrated care systems to support collaborative commissioning.

The Women’s Health Strategy, published in summer 2022, encourages the expansion of women’s health hubs and other local models which bring together and improve access to women’s health services. We encourage local commissioners and providers to consider adopting these models of care.