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<p>The expansion of women’s health hubs is a priority ambition within the Women’s
Health Strategy for England. In October 2022 the Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Evaluation
(BRACE) Centre’s early evaluation of women’s health hubs identified 13 women's health
hubs in England. This evaluation is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/college-social-sciences/social-policy/brace/whh-interim-summary-paper-final.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/documents/college-social-sciences/social-policy/brace/whh-interim-summary-paper-final.pdf</a></p><p>We
are investing £25 million into women’s health hubs to enable the establishment of
at least one women’s health hub in every integrated care system. The funding is being
distributed to every integrated care board (ICB), with each ICB receiving £595,000
in total over two years, 2023/24 and 2024/25. ICB plans received in September 2023
indicate that the funding is supporting at least 49 women’s health hubs, which includes
the creation of 38 new hubs and the expansion of 11 existing hub models. This funding
is intended to show proof of concept to enable ICBs to assess the benefit of hubs
and roll out more widely.</p>
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