Written questions

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 62352 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

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

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Jun 2025

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 ...