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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 26 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 (named day). It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Cervical Cancer: Screening

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women with a disability attended cervical cancer screening in the NHS in the last period for which information is available.

Answer

Information on how many and what proportion of women with a disability have attended cervical cancer screening through the National Health Service is not held centrally by NHS England.

The latest uptake figures for cervical cancer screening show that 71.7% of the eligible population, or 3.2 million women, were screened for cervical cancer in 2017–18.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
291229
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Disability Cervical cancer Screening
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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