| Heading: |
Cervical Cancer: Screening |
| Question ID: |
1812902 |
| UIN: |
60149 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5052 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Patrick Hurley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Patrick Hurley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what evidential basis the cervical screening interval was changed from three to five years; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of that interval on rates of |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
The UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to change the cervical screening intervals from three to five years for women aged 25 to 49 years old was made in 2019. The evidence and consultation responses supporting the recommendation can be found... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |