Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13528
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Contraceptives
Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 21 November 2024
Question
Chris Bloore
Labour — Redditch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing access to long-acting reversible contraception for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care on (a) waiting times and (b
Answer
Karin SmythThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline on heavy menstrual bleeding recommends an intrauterine system or hormonal coil, which is a form of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), as a first line treatment. In the women’s hea...
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