Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Contraceptives
Commons · Question 13528 · Tabled 11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing access to long-acting reversible contraception for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care on (a) waiting times and (b
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 Nov 2024
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline on heavy menstrual bleeding recommends an intrauterine system or hormonal coil, which is a form of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), as a first line treatment. In the women’s hea...