Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on (a) the number of people with endometriosis and (b) the average waiting time for (i) diagnosis and (ii) medical treatment for endometriosis in each region of England in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested is not held centrally. Gynaecology waiting lists in England, numbers of women waiting, and their waiting times are tracked and managed as part of the overall National Health Service focus on reducing the amount of time patients are waiting for elective care.
Patients with symptoms of endometriosis will be prioritised based on clinical need. The NHS led Provider Collaborative has identified endometriosis as a priority area and recently established a group to develop further initiatives to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children of which biological sex were prescribed puberty blockers in each year since 2010.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists or ‘puberty blockers’ are used to treat several medical conditions in children and young people. These include precocious puberty, some forms of cancer, endometriosis and gender dysphoria. Information on biological sex is not held in the format requested.
Written Evidence Oct. 19 2023
Inquiry: Women's reproductive healthFound: Woman with familial history of endometriosis and conception difficulties learned they too have these
Asked by: Hamilton, Rachael (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent estimate is of the number of women in Scotland with endometriosis.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Scottish Government does not hold this information, however it is estimated that one in ten women in the UK currently have endometriosis .
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on (a) the number of people with (i) endometriosis and (ii) adenomyosis and (b) the average waiting time for (A) diagnosis and (B) medical treatment.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested is not held centrally. Gynaecology waiting lists in England, numbers of women waiting, and their waiting times are tracked and managed as part of the overall National Health Service focus on reducing the amount of time patients are waiting for elective care.
Patients with symptoms of endometriosis will be prioritised based on clinical need. The NHS led Provider Collaborative has identified endometriosis as a priority area and recently established a group to develop further initiatives to reduce waiting times for endometriosis patients.
Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the medium-term action to "Implement and raise awareness of current national guidelines on endometriosis and develop and implement further pathways for care where these don’t currently exist", as set out in its Women's Health Plan 2021-2024.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Endometriosis Referral Care Pathway for Scotland was published by the Centre for Sustainable Delivery in January 2023 and distributed to NHS Scotland Boards.
We will continue to work with the Centre for Sustainable Delivery to support implementation of the pathway through the National Gynaecology Specialty Delivery Group.
Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) Half the women surveyed with endometriosis had to take time off work often or very often because of their - Speech Link
Feb. 13 2024
Source Page: Pain Management Task Force minutes: August 2022Found: Quality (Chair) Claire Mellor, Unit Head, Clinical Priorities Moira Nelson, Team Leader, Chronic Pain and Endometriosis
Asked by: Hamilton, Rachael (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the final version of the Endometriosis Pathway for Scotland has been formally shared across NHS Scotland, and, if not, when that will happen.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Endometriosis Referral Care Pathway for Scotland was published by the Centre for Sustainable Delivery in January 2023 and distributed to NHS Scotland Boards.
Jan. 23 2024
Source Page: Women's health plan: second annual progress report - January 2024Found: This included meeting with the NHS Near Me team to discuss their work on endometriosis, and the Scottish