Question follow-through · 13904
Fibroids
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) diagnostic delays and (b) higher rates of hysterectomy experienced by Black women with uterine fibroids.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) diagnostic delays and (b) higher rates of hysterectomy experienced by Black women with uterine fibroids.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving care for women with uterine fibroids, and to reducing the inequalities in diagnosis and treatment that Black women experience.Reducing inequalities is hard‑wired throughout the recently published Renewed Women’s He...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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