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Health Services: Women

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 March 2026UIN 122882

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the renewed Women's Health Strategy.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Work is ongoing to renew the Women’s Health Strategy, which we aim to publish this Spring. In the meantime, we are committed to prioritising women’s health as we reform the National Health Service, and strong progress has already been made in turning the commitments in the 2022 Women's Health Strategy into tangible action. 5.2 million extra appointments were delivered in the Government’s first year, we are tackling gynaecology waiting lists using the private sector, and we have made emergency hormonal contraception free in pharmacies across England.

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