Question follow-through · 76592

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists's report entitled A work in progress: evaluating the women’s health strategy, published in July 2025, whether he plans to upd

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
6 Nov 2025 · 56 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists's report entitled A work in progress: evaluating the women’s health strategy, published in July 2025, whether he plans to upd

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The 2022 Women's Health Strategy identified many important issues which remain valid, and we have already made excellent progress turning the commitments in the strategy into tangible action. This includes delivering 5.2 million extra appointments, tackli...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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