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 APPG on Women’s Health Response to the Women’s Health Strategy

The APPG on Women’s Health is pleased to publish the following statement in response to the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Women’s Health Strategy.

The APPG on Women’s Health welcomes the Government’s focus on women’s health and the launch of this Women’s Health Strategy.

In recent years, the APPG has heard first-hand from those experiencing conditions that affect only women, or have a disproportionate impact on women, and believes women’s health needs to be made a higher priority by the Government and the NHS.

The APPG welcomes the commitment set out in the Strategy to place women’s voices at the centre of the strategy’s implementation. Too often, women’s voices are not heard in the health system, reflecting a deprioritisation of women’s health concerns.

A main focus of the APPG is the introduction of women’s health hubs which we look forward to working with the Government to implement.

The APPG is pleased to see a focus on maternity care, endometriosis and menopause. The APPG welcomes the Strategy’s commitment to improving women’s health services across the life course.

The APPG looks forward to working with the Government, stakeholders, clinical societies and patient groups to see the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the report.