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Review the NHS decision to make smear testing every 5 years if HPV negative

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closedDepartment of Health and Social CareOpened 2 July 2025Closed 2 January 2026

Background

The NHS are changing the smear tests for women aged 25-49 from every three years to every five years if they are HPV negative. We think this should be reviewed. Some women get cervical cancer without having HPV. We think women are going to suffer as a result of this change.

Additional details

Review the changes they are wishing to make. We think this could lead to some women’s cancer diagnosis being missed. There are women out there that are not HPV positive that have pre-cancerous and cancerous cells. ALOT can happen in five years & we think this policy is diabolical.

Where it’s popular

Constituencies with the most signatures on this petition.

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardAlex Mayer
183
Mid BedfordshireBlake Stephenson
80
Luton NorthSarah Owen
27
Luton South and South BedfordshireRachel Hopkins
25
Kingston upon Hull EastKarl Turner
16
Honiton and SidmouthRichard Foord
12
HitchinAlistair Strathern
12
Derbyshire DalesJohn Whitby
10
North BedfordshireRichard Fuller
10
Calder ValleyJosh Fenton-Glynn
9
Scarborough and WhitbyAlison Hume
9
Derby NorthCatherine Atkinson
8
Kingston upon Hull North and CottinghamDame Diana Johnson
8
St AlbansDaisy Cooper
8
Hinckley and BosworthDr Luke Evans
8
St Neots and Mid CambridgeshireIan Sollom
8
Amber ValleyLinsey Farnsworth
7
Newton AbbotMartin Wrigley
7
Beverley and HoldernessGraham Stuart
7
West SuffolkNick Timothy
7

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 729981.