Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 2
12th Report – Menstrual health of girls and young women
Published 4 Mar 2026
Addressed to Government Equalities Office
Women and Equalities Committee Reproductive health conditions: girls and young women All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should encourage schools to use part of the RSHE grant funding to train teachers on the menstrual and gynaecological health elements of the curriculum. The Department for Education should work with the Department of Health and Social Care and stakeholders such as Wellbeing of Women and the Royal Colleges to ensure that effective training and resources are made available to schools. There are educators and campaigners willing to provide training and resources for limited cost. Adequate training need not be time-consuming. (Recommendation, Paragraph 30)
From: Women and Equalities Committee, 12th Report – Menstrual health of girls and young women (HC 1265), 4 March 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 May 2026 (deadline 4 May 2026).