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Health: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve women's health.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
17 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve women's health.

  2. 17 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    We are taking tangible action to transform women's health, including tackling gynaecology waiting lists through the Elective Reform Plan and providing free emergency hormonal contraception at pharmacies from October. There are a record 25,000 full time eq...

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