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'Call for Evidence
Reproductive Health: girls and young women
In December 2024, the Women and Equalities Committee published a Report on Women’s reproductive health conditions. The Committee concluded that there was a deeply concerning lack of awareness and understanding of conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding. It found that women’s symptoms, including severe pain, were too often “dismissed” and “normalised” and diagnosis very often took many years.
In this follow up inquiry the Committee will focus on the recent experiences of young women and girls. The Committee will examine the extent to which the education and health systems are getting better at ensuring young women and girls know what constitutes a normal menstrual cycle and when to seek help for symptoms; whether they are being listened to and taken seriously by healthcare professionals; and the extent to which they are receiving more effective and quicker diagnoses, and better treatment and pain management, in turn reducing any potential impact on fertility.
The Committee would particularly welcome written submissions from individuals and organisations advocating for girls and young women’s health and wellbeing, and education and healthcare professionals, including those involved in the planning, administration and delivery of frontline services. The Committee will also seek to hear directly from affected girls and young women themselves via visits and private discussions.
The Committee invites written submissions addressing one or more of the following terms of reference, no later than the end of September 2025.
What recent progress, if any, has there been in the following areas and what further improvements may be required:
Provision of effective education and quality information for girls and women on what constitutes a normal period, awareness of female reproductive health conditions and when and how to seek support.
Protocols and training to raise awareness in the healthcare sector about girls’ and women’s reproductive health and to ensure healthcare professionals listen to girls and women with empathy and provide appropriate information and advice.
The effectiveness of Women’s Health Hubs in improving waiting times for diagnoses and providing effective treatments.
Any other local examples of good practice in improving diagnoses, waiting times and treatments.
Knowledge, understanding and empathy in the healthcare sector in relation to the potential impacts of reproductive health conditions on women’s fertility and the provision of quality advice to ensure informed decision-making about treatments.
The adequacy of funding for Women’s Health Hubs and the broader Women’s Health Strategy for England.
Reducing girls’ and women’s pain experienced during diagnosis and treatment.
Adequacy of provision of free period products for girls and women who need them.
Work to develop and roll out new diagnostic tools.
Addressing racial biases and discriminatory assumptions in the diagnosis, treatment and pain management of women’s reproductive health conditions.
The committee also welcomes views on:
The potential impacts of the proposed abolition of NHS England on steps being taken to improve girls’ and women’s reproductive health.
Potential impact of the10-year Health Plan for England on the treatment of girls’ and women’s reproductive health conditions.'