Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85635

Health: Screening

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS staff receive adequate training to (a) ask menopause questions and (b) support affected women in routine NHS health checks.

Answer

Karin Smyth

We will be working with experts, including general practitioners (GPs), over the coming months to co-design the menopause content for the NHS Health Check. The NHS Health Check Best Practice Guidance will be updated to reflect the addition of menopause, a...

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