Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Public Health England plans to publish its Women’s Reproductive Health Action plan; and whether his Department plans to use that strategy to inform his Department’s women’s health strategy.
Prior to COVID-19, Public Health England led the development of a Women’s Reproductive Health Action Plan (WRHAP), taking a life course approach from menstruation to menopause. Publication was delayed due to COVID-19. However, many of its actions are being taken forward and the document is being revised to take account of the impact and evolving landscape in relation to COVID-19. The high-level recommendations and findings from the revised plan will form a key element of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy that is planned for publication in 2021. The WHRAP will then be published as one of the Strategy implementation documents.