The head of the Jersey Health and Social Review Group said the Jersey Health Minister “finally understands the problems facing women’s health.”

After the public hearing, Tom Binet faced problems with the review panel and was questioned about the steps to address the problems faced by certain women, commenting at the public hearing.

A government report last year found that women in Jersey live longer than men but spent more of their lives in poor health.

Doublet said she felt Binet had made good progress, but she was worried that he recommended using the government's strategic reserves to get more health funding. Binette said he needed "more than £100 million in five years to improve preventive health care".

BINET faces issues regarding a wide range of issues, including misogynistic attitudes in health services, decisions to abolish women’s health strategies, and gaps in gynecological care.

"I think the ministers are starting to take women's health more seriously, but there is still a way to go," Doublet said in a fierce meeting.

“The Minister has accepted the findings of the Public Health Report Women’s Health Report.

“I will watch and motivate the Minister to develop his understanding of women’s health issues and develop his policies and legislation in the field and continue to give the field the focus and support it deserves.

“One of the topics in the hearing is that culture can be a problem and cultural change is something the minister wants to improve, so we will follow him asking the minister what he is doing to change that culture and have a gender-sensitive approach to health care.”

After the meeting, Binet defended the decision to get rid of women’s health strategy – a highly critical move.

"Last year, our budget was oversubscribed, and this year we were oversubscribed, not because of lack of discipline, but because of a lot of savings, the cost of health requirements rose exponentially, higher than the cost of living," he said.

The minister told the review team that he needed "more than £100 million in five years to improve preventive health care, including women's health, and I hope that's the extra money. I don't care where this money comes from, even if it's a strategic reserve".

Doublet said she was worried about the remarks.

"It's about the possible use of the Strategic Reserve Fund for health funding, and it's a matter of the panel discussion and we will further question the Minister," she said.