Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94503

Menopause: Health Services

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the planned inclusion of menopause in women’s health checks from 2026, what preparations his Department is making for that change.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We will be working with experts, including general practitioners, over the coming months to 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, and it will...

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