PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Endometriosis: Diagnosis (16 June 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include in the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy a commitment to average diagnosis time for endometriosis to one year.
Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)
Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)
Answer
Menstrual health and gynaecological conditions will be addressed in the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy.
Endometriosis can only be definitively diagnosed through a laparoscopy under general anaesthetic and it can be more appropriate to treat mild symptoms of endometriosis without a definitive diagnosis.
Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
30 June 2022
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