Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Deferred
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Implement RCOG inclusive care guidelines throughout healthcare, ensuring practitioner training and monitoring by RCOG.
Conclusion
We support the Royal College for Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ initiative for a guideline on inclusive care. When finalised it should be implemented throughout the healthcare system and medical practitioners must receive adequate training, with implementation monitored by the RCOG.
Government Response Summary
The government did not address the recommendation regarding the implementation, training, and monitoring of the RCOG guideline on inclusive care. Instead, it focused on the role of women's health hubs in local communities and their potential to commission mental health provision or offer referral pathways.
Paragraph Reference:
56
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
We are committed to moving towards a neighbourhood health service, with more care delivered in local communities to spot problems earlier. Women’s health hubs are an example of this approach and can play an important role in delivering the government’s manifesto commitments on tackling long NHS waiting lists, as well as shifting care into the community. ICBs are responsible for commissioning services that meet the healthcare needs of their local population, and they have the freedom to do so. The core specification for women’s health hubs (linked in the government response to ‘Recommendation 3’ in ‘Public understanding of reproductive health conditions’ above) sets out that their purpose is not to replace or duplicate existing specialist services. Rather, they should act as a mechanism to improve pathways into these services, including mental health services where required. This could include: commissioning mental health provision within women’s health hubs offering clear referral pathways from women’s health hubs to mental health services or through other routes