Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 30
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)
Additional support for women undergoing painful procedures comes at a cost but is a price that must be paid. The Government should recognise this increase in costs in its allocation of funding to providers such as sexual health services. Women should not be put through harrowing, painful procedures due to lack of funding. (Recommendation, Paragraph 119) 74 A renewed Women’s Health Strategy within wider NHS reforms
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).