Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 29
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)
We urge the NHS to record the pain history of women undergoing procedures so that their needs can be prepared for. The NHS should be able to anticipate that someone who has previously struggled, for example with a smear test, may require additional support, such as sedation or anaesthesia, for other gynaecological procedures. (Recommendation, Paragraph 118)
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).