Written question asked by Shivani Raja (Conservative) on Friday, 28 August 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. It was answered by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 7 September 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Human Papillomavirus: Screening
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of NHS pathology laboratories to process returned HPV self-testing kits in a timely manner; and what target turnaround time has been set from a sample being posted to the individual receiving their results.
- Answer
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I refer the Hon Member to the press release issued by NHS England setting out the objectives of the self-testing rollout, and to the impact assessments carried out to inform the development of this policy, all of which are available at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-hpv-self-sampling-impact-assessments
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 22529
- Session
- 2026-27
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Standards Screening Human papillomavirus
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2026-09-07 14:37:30 +0100
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