Women’s and Girls’ Health 2020-10-20
2020-10-20
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Q1
Direct Answer
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The question addresses the need for fiscal steps to improve healthcare specifically targeted at women and girls, following a series of reports highlighting gender disparities in health outcomes.
What fiscal steps he is taking to improve the health of women and girls. The NHS has reported increasing inequalities affecting women and girls in areas such as maternal mortality and stillbirth rates.
The Government are providing an extra £33.9 billion to the NHS to deliver its long-term plan, which includes actions to tackle inequalities affecting women and girls. This involves commitments such as 50% reductions in stillbirth, maternal mortality, and neonatal mortality by 2025, increasing access to perinatal mental health services, and expanding human papillomavirus vaccination to protect against cervical cancer.
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Q2
Partial Answer
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The question addresses the need to support young women in pursuing further education or training, aiming to increase their earning potential and career prospects rather than prematurely starting a family. This follows concerns raised about early pregnancies among teenage girls.
How will the Minister encourage young women to pursue further education or training to maximise their earning potential and career prospects, rather than feeling pressurised to start a family while still in their teenage years? A recent report highlighted that many young women are dropping out of school due to pregnancy pressures.
My hon. Friend is rightly championing the importance of education and has done a lot of work to raise these issues. Where a young woman has been identified as taken out of school, the local authority has a responsibility to locate and contact that young woman and work with her to find a suitable place in post-16 education. The Government also provide targeted support through the 16-to-19 bursary fund to help young people overcome financial barriers to participation.
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Assessment & feedback
The response does not directly address how the government will encourage young women to pursue further education or training, focusing instead on reactive measures and existing support systems.
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