Health Services: Women
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Systems do not have an open Women's Health Hub.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Department has invested £25 million over 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the establishment of at least one pilot women’s health hub in every integrated care system. The National Health Services’ Priorities and operational planning guidance 2024/25 asks integrated care boards (ICBs) to establish and develop at least one women’s health hub in every ICB by December 2024, working in partnership with local authorities.
NHS England has asked the ICBs to report regularly on their progress in implementing the funding. As of September 2024, six of the 42 ICBs had not provided a recent update or had reported to NHS England that their women’s health hub was not yet open.
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