Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 62352

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of at-home cervical screening tests.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
From January 2026, screening providers in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England will be able to offer self-sampling kits to women if they have not attended their appointment for six months or more following routine invitation.Self-sampling will ...
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