Menopause: Mental Health Services
(asked on 6th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of women referred to Memory Services when experiencing cognitive symptoms of menopause.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 19th July 2022
No specific assessment has been made as data on the number of menopausal women referred to memory services is not held centrally.
However, NHS England has undertaken preliminary work to deliver improved menopause care. An optimal clinical pathway is currently being developed by a menopause clinical reference group, which will include memory-loss and concentration-loss as symptoms women may present with.