Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce diagnosis times for people (a) with polycystic ovaries and (b) with endometriosis.

The National Institute of Health Research hosted research to explore the experiences of women presenting in primary care with endometriosis-like symptoms. The results were published earlier this year and will help to understand delays in diagnosis and inform our work on the Women’s Health Strategy.

A call for evidence was launched to inform the priorities, content and actions of the Strategy and included questions on gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Following analysis of the responses, we will detail our commitments on endometriosis and PCOS within the Strategy.