Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19174

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Jim Dickson

LabourDartford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to alter the messaging provided on cervical screening leaflets to make clear it does not screen for (a) ovarian cancer and (b) other gynaecological cancer

Answer

NHS England is responsible for delivering the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, and works to ensure that core public information on screening is easily accessible and understandable to the public. NHS England regularly reviews key public information acros...

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