Question follow-through · 903269
Epilepsy: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support women with epilepsy.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support women with epilepsy.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health, placing women’s equality at the heart of our agenda and ensuring women’s health is never again neglected.At a national level, there are several initiatives supporting service improvement and bett...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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