Motion

Motion TitleEndometriosis Care

Motion TextThat this Assembly notes that endometriosis is a serious, chronic inflammatory disease affecting at least one in ten women across the island, with evidence suggesting the number may be higher; further notes the disease often causes severe pelvic pain, infertility, internal scarring, and damage to multiple organs, yet it takes an average of eight to nine years for patients to receive a diagnosis; acknowledges that the neglect of endometriosis care highlights wider systemic failures in women's healthcare; recognises that international best practice confirms that specialist-led excision surgery, delivered within a multidisciplinary model of care, provides the best outcomes; calls on the Minister of Health to urgently look at the potential for specialist services with targets for diagnosis and treatment; and further calls on the Minister to engage with his Ministerial counterpart in Dublin to develop a joined-up cross-border approach to endometriosis care which can harness the relevant medical expertise on the island for better women's health outcomes.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office09/09/2025

Date Selected By Committee16/09/2025

Date of Plenary Debate29/09/2025