Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13904
Fibroids
Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026
Question
Marsha De Cordova
Labour — Battersea
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) diagnostic delays and (b) higher rates of hysterectomy experienced by Black women with uterine fibroids.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe Government is committed to improving care for women with uterine fibroids, and to reducing the inequalities in diagnosis and treatment that Black women experience.Reducing inequalities is hard‑wired throughout the recently published Renewed Women’s He...
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