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Cervical Cancer: Screening

Asked by Paul DaviesLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 October 2025UIN 83198

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the accessibility of cervical screening in the context of the proposed merging of Integrated Care Boards.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The merging of smaller integrated care boards will help to ensure that they have the capacity and capability to be effective strategic commissioners for all the services for the local population for which they are responsible, including elements of cervical screening.

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