Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65770
Cervical Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage young girls to attend smear tests.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England provides all women and people with a cervix between the ages of 25 and 64 years old with the opportunity to be screened routinely to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) infection or cervical abnormalities at a...
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