Question follow-through · 61657
Cervical Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand access to smear tests.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand access to smear tests.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
NHS England launched its first ever cervical cancer elimination creative campaign and communications toolkit for Cervical Screening Awareness Week, from 16 June 2025 to 24 June 2025. The campaign included digital resources that create a strong sense of sh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dental Services: Carers
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Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of waiting times for children and young people accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Health: Men
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department have made on the impact of participation in (a) gyms, (b) swimming pools, and (c) leisure centres on men’s (i) mental and (ii) physical health.
Neurological Diseases: Health Services
27 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve (i) support, and (ii) access to treatments, for people with (a) Multiple System Atrophy, and (b) Parkinson’s.
Mental Health Services: Travel
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families who travel long distances for NHS-commissioned inpatient mental health care.
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of establishing a compensation scheme for women who have experienced harm associated with pelvic mesh implants.
Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase public awareness of the health risks associated with inhaling nitrous oxide.
NHS: Redundancy Pay
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that NHS staff who took partial retirement and subsequently apply for Voluntary Redundancy are not disadvantaged in their entitlement to contractual redundanc
NHS: Redundancy Pay
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to NHS employers on the relationship between partial retirement and entitlement to contractual redundancy payments.
Midwives and Nurses: Recruitment
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Midwives and Nurses: Recruitment
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement the Graduate Guarantee for newly qualified nurses and midwives; and what metrics will be used to measure its impact.