Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76024
Cervical Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025
Question
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing self-sampling for cervical screening as an alternative to clinic-based cervical screening.
Answer
Ashley DaltonFollowing the announcement to introduce human papilloma virus (HPV) self-sampling in the National Health Service cervical screening programme for the under-screened population, the NHS has begun planning an in-service evaluation (ISE) of HPV self-sampling...
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