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Health Services: Women

Commons · Question 25168 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is considering the potential merits of additional a) support and b) training to be put in place to address misogyny in the healthcare system, with regard to the impact this has on treat

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 15 Sep 2026

The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England, published in April 2026, recognises that women have been dismissed for far too long and that this is unacceptable. The strategy also explicitly recognises that women’s pain is too often dismissed, normalise...