Motion

Motion TitleWomen’s Health Strategy

Motion TextThat this Assembly recognises the significant and well-documented disparities in women’s health outcomes and access to services in Northern Ireland; notes with concern the prolonged waiting times in women’s health service provision and the absence of a comprehensive, life course approach to women’s health; further notes that, unlike Northern Ireland, other jurisdictions including England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have adopted dedicated Women’s Health Strategies and Women’s Health Action Plans; acknowledges the work previously announced by the Department of Health on a Women’s Health Action Plan; expresses concern at the lack of publicly reported progress, outcomes or measurable targets arising from that work; calls on the Minister of Health to provide a detailed update to the Assembly on the status, funding and implementation of the Action Plan and to bring forward, within 12 months, a fully costed and time-bound Women’s Health Strategy, developed in consultation with key stakeholders; and further calls on the Minister to commission a review of primary care arrangements, to ensure women’s health is explicitly embedded and resourced across the life course, and to publish an assessment of how current women’s health service provision complies with statutory equality duties, including Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office24/02/2026

Date Selected By Committee03/03/2026

Date of Plenary Debate16/03/2026