Women's Health Plan: Phase Two (2026 - 2029)
This plan sets out new actions to address health inequalities faced by women and girls in Scotland. Building on the first Women’s Health Plan, these actions advance our ambition that all women and girls in Scotland enjoy the best possible health throughout their lives.
Footnotes
1 Review of Abortion Law in Scotland Expert Group: report
2 Cervical Cancer Elimination in Scotland Expert Group Final Report
3 Women’s Health Plan: experiences of discrimination and the impact on health - research findings
4 BMJ 2025; 390:r1164
5 Waiting for a way forward | RCOG
6 Women’s Health Plan: Review of the Data Landscape
7 Ibid
8 BMJ 2025; 390:r1164
9 No cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation
10 Current eligibility applies to: women under 25 who would have been eligible under routine, and catch up programmes, introduced in 2008 and; those boys who became eligible from academic year 2019/20.
11 Alzheimer’s and other dementia deaths - National Records of Scotland (NRS)
12 Simon Community Focus Group WHP Phase Two: Report
13 Long-term sickness becomes top reason for women being out of the labour market | TUC
14 Annual Statement on Gender Policy Coherence
15 School teachers - Summary statistics for schools in Scotland 2023 - gov.scot
16 Annual Statement on Gender Policy Coherence
17 Annual report | Turas Data Intelligence
18 On Track: Research & data spotlight - sportscotland the national agency for sport in Scotland
19 Osteoporosis - Causes - NHS
20 Osteoporosis: How to build up exercise for your bone strength
21 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) (2023), RCOG calling for action to reduce number of women living with poor pelvic floor health
23 Millett ERC, Peters SAE, et al. (2018). Sex differences in risk factors for myocardial infarction: cohort study of UK Biobank participants, BMJ, Vol 363
24 Prevalence | Background information | Fibroids | CKS | NICE
25 RCOG Guidelines on PMS Reference: T, Pearlstein Prevalence, impact on morbidity, and disease burden. In: PM O’Brien, AJ Rapkin, PJ Schmidt, editors, The Premenstrual Syndromes: PMS and PMDD. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press, (2007). pp. 37–47.
27 British Menopause Society (BMS) (2022) What is the Menopause?
Contact
Email: womenshealthplan@gov.scot