Wednesday, 4 February 2026

 Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:45): My constituency question today is to the Minister for Health. A constituent from my region has shared the unacceptable wait times that their wife has experienced in seeking medical care for debilitating endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain – public waitlists of over a year, 7 hours in an emergency department with pain so severe that she could not work, and after being seen she is often just given pain relief and discharged. Minister, will you increase public gynaecology and endometriosis services and theatre lists for public hospitals in North-Eastern Metro and across the state, as well as improve multidisciplinary pelvic pain pathways for people in my region so that they are not too often forced to attend emergency departments. As was highlighted in the inquiry into women’s pain, there are still major gaps in access to appropriate care for endometriosis and pelvic pain. Minister, please expand gynaecology and endometriosis services so that people in my region and across Victoria can have their conditions treated promptly and thoroughly.