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Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Staff

Commons · Question 28064 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

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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 level of current workforce pressures in obstetrics and gynaecology; and whether the forthcoming NHS Workforce Plan will include specific measures to su

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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...