Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of collecting data on ethnicity and age for those presenting with menstrual health conditions.

No specific assessment has been made. Across inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic services in secondary care, the National Health Service has asked local systems to draw up delivery plans which address the longest waiters and ensure health inequalities are tackled throughout the plan. This will have a particular focus on analysis of waiting times by ethnicity and deprivation.