Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the speed of diagnosis and treatment of conditions which affect female reproductive health.

The Government has embarked on the Women’s Health Strategy for England. To ensure the strategy reflects what women identify as priorities, we launched a call for evidence on International Women’s Day which will run for twelve weeks.

The call for evidence seeks to examine women’s experiences of the whole health and care system, including female-specific issues like gynaecological conditions, pregnancy and post-natal support. Research, evidence and data improvements in women’s health is a key theme in the call for evidence to aid the diagnosis and treatment of female-specific conditions. The Government has also committed to developing a Sexual and Reproductive Health strategy and HIV Action Plan, which we plan to publish in 2021.