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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 February 2025

Debate

Women’s Health Strategy

Contribution

We continue to learn from the best. I am committed to speaking with the leadership of ICBs about the importance of women’s health hubs, not least because it is about improving women’s healthcare. Having visited a women’s health hub myself, I can testify to the points that the noble Baronesses have made. However, I gently repeat that we need to look not just in the planning guidance but in the elective reform plan, which states about the NHS that: “In gynaecology we will support … innovative models offering patients care closer to home”. That is exemplified by the women’s health hub. The Neighbourhood Health Guidelines, published just last week, include women’s health hubs as an example of a neighbourhood health model.

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