Question follow-through · 94084

Menopause: Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will instruct health providers to update outdated or unclear information on hormone replacement therapy treatments for menopause.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
26 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will instruct health providers to update outdated or unclear information on hormone replacement therapy treatments for menopause.

  2. 26 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Setting guidance for the treatment of individual conditions falls to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), who produce guidance for the National Health Service and wider health and care system. NICE guidelines are evidence-based re...

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