Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to support the appointment of a women’s reproductive health lead on each integrated care board to help ensure women’s health needs are prioritised, in the context of the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published August 2022.

Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of the local population, including whether a women’s reproductive health lead is appointed. We encourage integrated care systems to take into account the ambitions and actions in the Strategy when developing local plans.