Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 13 June 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 58 members in total.

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CERVICAL SCREENING AWARENESS WEEK

That this House notes that the UK is fortunate to have a cervical screening programme that is estimated to save 5,000 lives a year; further notes that despite cervical cancer being a largely preventable disease, 20 per cent of invited women do not attend cervical screening and there are worries that screening uptake is at a 10-year low; congratulates the work of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust; and supports its call during Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2012 that everything possible should be done to ensure and encourage women toattend cervical screening when offered the opportunity to do so, including investment in targeted education and awareness campaigns, encouraging companies to allow employees to attend screening during working hours and for GP surgeries to provide flexible and innovative opportunities for women to be screened.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

200 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Glenda Jackson

Jeremy Corbyn

Mark Durkan

Stephen Williams

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Diseases Health education

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk