Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to address the absence of NICE guidance on endometriosis to include (a) non-pelvic endometriosis, (b) thoracic endometriosis, (c) pain management and (d) mental health support.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and has processes in place to review its published guidelines in light of new evidence or emerging issues not in the scope of the original guideline.

NICE’s guideline on the diagnosis and management of endometriosis already includes recommendations on pharmacological pain management. NICE reviewed its endometriosis guideline in late 2021 and concluded that the evidence did not support consideration of endometriosis outside the pelvis. Following advice from topic experts, NICE plans to review its guideline on endometriosis in 2022/23.