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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Women's health & gynaecology
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Sector leader
Ben Smith
Partner in the employment team, Charles Russell Speechlys
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 14 Apr 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Ben Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Partner in the employment team, Charles Russell Speechlys
- Quoted on
- Women's health & gynaecology
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 14 Apr 2026
04 On the record · press
What Ben Smith has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- personneltoday.com
Where Ben Smith has been quoted
- Still no plans for statutory menstrual leave after Commons debatepersonneltoday.com · 14 Apr 2026
How we found the articles that name Ben Smith: we searched news for these terms.
- women's health
- gynaecology
- endometriosis
- menopause
- HRT
- cervical screening
- women's health strategy
- women's health hub
Also searched with “women's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Women's health & gynaecology
Verbatim
“Rather than implementing a statutory menstrual leave, the priority in my view is to ensure more training, education, and awareness of menstrual-related conditions and the severe impact of associated symptoms so that employees can be better supported and there can be more flexibility and understanding in the workplace”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- HRT prescribing rose 12% last year but inequalities persistwww.thepharmacist.co.uk
- Seven in ten Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainees at risk of burnout, new data showsRoyal College of Midwives
- Longevitix launches women’s health extension to AI platformFemTech World
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.