Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the next round of guidance for Integrated Care Systems on women’s health hubs planned for autumn 2023, whether his Department plans to (a) provide guidance for the commissioning of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and (b) publish additional guidance on women’s health hubs in 2024.

The Department and NHS England are working together to develop further resources to support integrated care systems to establish women’s health hubs. In the autumn of 2023, we plan to publish a commissioning specification for hubs which will include guidance around commissioning long-acting reversible contraception, and a toolkit for virtual group consultations and virtual engagement events in women’s health hubs.

Currently there are no plans to publish additional guidance on women’s health hubs, but we will keep under review if integrated care systems would benefit from further guidance.