Written questions

Gynaecology: Health Services

Commons · Question 28063 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Abena Oppong-Asare

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the effectiveness of waiting times for gynaecological care relative to other elective specialties; and what steps her Department is taking to improve acces

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 15 Sep 2026

Page 86 of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy sets out the central means by which we will measure its success over the short, medium, and long-term, including through a series of clearly measurable objectives, such as reducing the time women spend on gyn...