Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they propose to take to support women with long-term health conditions.

The health of women with long-term conditions is a priority for the Government.

Our 10-Year Health Plan is centred around driving three shifts in the way health care is delivered, from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. More tests and scans are delivered in the community, better-joint up working between services, and greater use of technology will support women in the management of long-term conditions. This will build on the work led by the pioneering women’s health hubs.

The Government is encouraging integrated care boards (ICBs) to expand the coverage of women’s health hubs and is supporting them to use what we learned from the hub pilot programme to improve local delivery of services to women and girls. The Government is backing ICBs to do this through record funding.

We are renewing the Women’s Health Strategy, to tackle enduring challenges and build on vital progress in women’s health.