Women’s health needs beyond sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are missing from the government’s 2024 priorities

Since its launch in 2022, the Women’s Health Strategy for England has made important progress to narrow gaps in women’s health provision, including improved access to hormone replacement therapy and the rollout of specialist women’s health hubs.1 In January, the government renewed its commitment to the strategy’s 10 year ambitions with the launch of its 2024 priorities: better care for menstrual and gynaecological conditions; expansion of women’s health hubs; tackling inequalities and improving support for vulnerable women, including victims of sexual abuse and violence; bolstering maternity care before, during, and after pregnancy; and more research, backed by National Institute for Health and Care Research Challenge funding of £50m to tackle maternity inequalities.1 2 Government efforts in these areas are welcome and will narrow critical gaps in funding, research, and care specific to women. The 2024 priorities reinforce, however, a traditional view of women’s health as synonymous with women’s sexual,…
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