Health: Women

The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain, to ensure people can live well for longer. Our reimagined National Health Service will tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes, as well as give everyone, no matter who they are or where they come from, the means to engage with the NHS on their own terms.

The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy recognises that our healthcare status quo is not working for anyone, and that business as usual is particularly failing women across the country. Some groups of women are being failed most of all, including women from some ethnic minority backgrounds.

Reducing inequalities is hard‑wired throughout the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy, embedding in our new care models a focus on reducing health inequalities and giving power to marginalised women. Actions are targeted by deprivation, ethnicity, and unmet need, with a focus on marginalised women, community‑based services, neighbourhood health models, and transparent data. Many initiatives explicitly prioritise areas with the highest inequality first, rather than relying on universal rollout alone. It will require close and creative local partnerships, anchored by the relationship between the NHS and local councils to design joined-up approaches to meeting the full range of women’s health needs. This will be epitomised by the new neighbourhood health service, with preventative and proactive care delivered for cohorts with similar needs.

These measures will tackle health inequalities impacting all women, including those in the North East Hampshire constituency.