Reproductive health conditions: girls and young women

Women and Equalities Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 24 Jul 2025 Parliament page
The Committee is following up its previous work on women’s reproductive health, with a focus on better meeting the needs of girls and young women. It is assessing progress in diagnoses, treatments and pain management of conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding.
29 Recommendations
14 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
5 Events
Activity timeline 7 events
26 May
2026
Report published
4 Mar
2026
Report published
3 Feb
2026
Oral evidence
21 Jan
2026
Oral evidence
17 Dec
2025
Oral evidence
3 Dec
2025
Oral evidence
19 Nov
2025
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
3 Feb 2026
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Women and Equalities Committee
Baroness Merron · Department of Health and Social Care Dr Sue Mann · NHS England Tabitha Jay · Department for Health and Social Care
21 Jan 2026
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Dr Sue Mann · NHS England Professor Dame Lesley Regan
17 Dec 2025
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Charlotte Porter · The College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Kate Lancaster · Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Professor Margaret Ikpoh · Royal College of General Practitioners Ruth Bailey · Women's Health Forum, Royal College of Nursing
3 Dec 2025
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Chella Quint OBE Dr Aziza Sesay Dr Nighat Arif Dr Tori Ford · Medical Herstory Kerry Wolstenholme
19 Nov 2025
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Dr Nandi Simpson · NHS Race and Health Observatory Emma Cox · Endometriosis UK Janet Lindsay · Wellbeing of Women Katharine Gale · Menstrual Health Coalition
Title HC No. Published Items Response
12th Report – Menstrual health of girls and young women HC 1265 4 Mar 2026 43 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
2 Recommendation Accepted in Part
12th Report – Menstrual health of …
The Government should encourage schools to use part of the RSHE grant funding to train...
The Government should encourage schools to use part of the RSHE grant funding to train teachers on the menstrual and gynaecological health elements of the curriculum. The Department for Education should work with the Department of Health and Social Care … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the importance of effective RSHE delivery and commits for DfE to work with DHSC to ensure menstrual health is considered in further teacher training and resource development. It notes schools can continue using RSHE grant funding for this purpose, but doesn't explicitly commit to new encouragement for this use.
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14 Recommendation Accepted in Part
12th Report – Menstrual health of …
The Government must improve NHS England’s processes for approving and publishing third-party health content.
The Government must improve NHS England’s processes for approving and publishing third-party health content. There is a growing number of expert healthcare professionals putting out accurate, engaging and helpful information on social media that merits wider publication and promotion via … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees on the importance of improving NHS England’s processes for third-party content but states the NHS already has a robust process, implying no further improvement is needed. It also commits to developing a social media content plan to promote the Women's Health Strategy, addressing the expansion of communication channels.
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40 Recommendation Accepted in Part
12th Report – Menstrual health of …
We are concerned that women’s health hubs have not been specified in the 2025/6 operational...
We are concerned that women’s health hubs have not been specified in the 2025/6 operational planning guidance. There is a high risk that without a central requirement to deliver women’s health hubs, and with Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) required to … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepts the recommendation to protect women's health hubs and prevent service rollbacks. It commits to a renewed national commitment to hubs and increased accountability in the refreshed Women's Health Strategy but rejects additional ringfenced funding, believing Integrated Care Boards are best placed to allocate resources.
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41 Recommendation Accepted in Part
12th Report – Menstrual health of …
The renewed Women’s Health Strategy should include a refreshed national commitment to women’s health hubs...
The renewed Women’s Health Strategy should include a refreshed national commitment to women’s health hubs across England. We recommend the Government invest at least the same amount as in 2023–25 (£25 million) in ringfenced Integrated Care Board funding for women’s … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepts the recommendation, committing to a renewed national commitment to women’s health hubs in the refreshed Women's Health Strategy, with a focus on extending benefits and increasing accountability. However, it rejects additional ringfenced funding for hubs beyond existing investment, deferring resource allocation to Integrated Care Boards.
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Government Response AI assessment · 28 of 29 classified
Accepted 17
Accepted in Part 4
Acknowledged 6
Rejected 1
Total 29 recs + 14 conclusions