Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the evidence provided to the Women's Health Strategy for England on endometriosis diagnosis and treatment, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a change in the service specification for severe endometriosis on diagnosis rates and access to treatment for that condition.

NHS England is reviewing the service specification for severe endometriosis and its impact will be considered through the overall service specification review methodology. The working group will report on this review in 2023.

Service specifications define the standards of care expected from organisations commissioned by NHS England to provide specialist care. This update will ensure that specialist endometriosis services have access to current evidence and advice and improve standards of care.