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

LabourSlough

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 Dalton
Following 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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