Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 12788 on Menopause: Health Services, when the curriculum was introduced; and whether any additional training is provided to GPs after qualifying.

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is responsible for publishing the postgraduate curriculum for general practitioners (GPs), and ensuring that it remains up to date. The RCGP curriculum was last updated in 2019. It is scheduled to be updated again in August 2025, pending approval by the General Medical Council.

GPs are responsible for ensuring that their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date, and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. The RCGP Women’s Heath Library contains educational resources and guidelines on women’s health that are relevant to GPs and other primary healthcare professionals. It brings together national guidance and resources produced and accredited by the RCGP, and resources from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. Further information on the RCGP Women’s Heath Library is available at the following link:

https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/index.php?categoryid=57