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Cervical Cancer: Screening

Asked by Marie GoldmanLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 September 2025UIN 70234

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish (a) the full impact assessment and (b) equality impact assessment of the changes to the length of time between cervical cancer screenings.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

Both the impact assessment and the equality impact assessment on the changes to the frequency of cervical screening have been published and are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-risk-stratification-impact-assessments

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