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Women's Health Plan 2021-2024 Final Report
Created: 16/01/2025The Women’s Health Plan was published in August 2021 and sets out how the Scottish Government intends to address inequalities in women’s health outcomes. It includes 66 actions over six priority areas:
The Plan focusses on creating the conditions that can change culture, support women’s health, and tackle the inequalities that have affected women’s health for generations.
This report sets out the progress made towards the delivery of the actions in the Plan in the three years since publication.
The key actions in the Plan include:
Conclusions
As stated in the report, despite the progress made, a recent paper published in the Lancet noted that "Women's health across the UK is in decline".
To achieve their ambition for women and girls in Scotland, they will be looking at what has changed, positively and negatively, since the publication of the Plan in August 2021, and where additional focus is needed.
Over the coming months, they will be working with women and girls, healthcare professionals, academics, and the third sector across Scotland to ask what they want to see in the next phase of the Women's Health Plan.
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