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Q13
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Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab):
I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to mental health and to building a country that acts sooner when people need help. Five years ago, I lost one of my best friends, Sophie, to suicide after the birth of her third child; her little girl was just 10 weeks old at the time. Having a new baby can be a time of great excitement and joy, but for one in four women, it is a time of mental health challenges, from anxiety and depression to obsessive compulsive disorder and serious conditions like post-partum psychosis. I have introduced a Bill—Sophie’s law—to ensure that every pregnant woman gets a mental health check-in. Will the Prime Minister work with me to ensure that no one else struggles in the way that Sophie did?
Q13
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Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab):
I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to mental health and to building a country that acts sooner when people need help. Five years ago, I lost one of my best friends, Sophie, to suicide after the birth of her third child; her little girl was just 10 weeks old at the time. Having a new baby can be a time of great excitement and joy, but for one in four women, it is a time of mental health challenges, from anxiety and depression to obsessive compulsive disorder and serious conditions like post-partum psychosis. I have introduced a Bill—Sophie’s law—to ensure that every pregnant woman gets a mental health check-in. Will the Prime Minister work with me to ensure that no one else struggles in the way that Sophie did?
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the incredible work she is doing in memory of her friend; I know that her dad Nigel has also campaigned so strongly on this. I have always believed in whole-person care—in physical, mental and social care being delivered together. We are investing more in perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships—more funding is going in—but I accept, as she is saying, that more needs to be done. I will look at her Bill. I understand the call for Sophie’s law and will make sure that a Health Minister meets her to discuss it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the uptake of smear tests during mandatory mask wearing compared to when mask wearing is not mandatory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the uptake of smear tests during mandatory mask wearing compared to when mask wearing is not mandatory.
The requested information is not held by the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce pathways to fast track to intervention for students who have dyslexia identified (a) later in school and (b) in post 16 educational settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce pathways to fast track to intervention for students who have dyslexia identified (a) later in school and (b) in post 16 educational settings.
Effective early identification and intervention is critical to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with dyslexia.
The department recognises that special educational needs, including dyslexia, do not always become apparent in the early years of education. Needs can emerge, change or become more visible later in school or in post-16 settings as academic and social demands increase.
The department’s reforms are designed to support identification whenever needs arise and to provide a clear route from identification to support. This includes access to targeted interventions, specialist advice through Experts at Hand and an Individual Support Plan, where appropriate. This will help ensure that children and young people can access the support they need, regardless of when their needs are identified.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce (a) early screening for dyslexia and (b) a national pathway for diagnosis of dyslexia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce (a) early screening for dyslexia and (b) a national pathway for diagnosis of dyslexia.
Effective early identification and intervention is critical to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with dyslexia.
The SEND Code of Practice makes it clear that meeting the needs of a child with SEND does not require a diagnostic label. Instead, practitioners should identify and address pupils' needs at the earliest opportunity through a graduated approach, in which progress is regularly assessed, and support is provided based on an individual's identified needs.
The department's SEND reforms will support earlier and more consistent identification of need through the National Inclusion Standards. The reforms will set out the ordinarily available provision that should be in every setting across the 0 to 25 system, as well as the evidence-based tools and approaches for educators to identify and support children and young people with SEND.
The department does not currently plan to introduce universal screening for dyslexia or a national dyslexia-specific diagnostic pathway. We expect practitioners to monitor the progress of all pupils, identify emerging difficulties and put appropriate support in place promptly, regardless of whether a child has received a formal diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to review NICE guidance on screening women with dense breasts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to review NICE guidance on screening women with dense breasts.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Southgate and Wood Green on 17 July 2026 to Question 18677.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people at increased risk of breast cancer receive adequate screening and wrap-around support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people at increased risk of breast cancer receive adequate screening and wrap-around support.
The National Cancer Plan for England, published in February this year, committed to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with breast cancer. The National Disease Registration Service is working towards publishing a baseline figure of metastatic breast cancer patients in the last quarter of 2026 as per the commitment in the plan.
Through this National Cancer Plan action, we will ensure that every person with secondary breast cancer has faster diagnosis and treatment, access to the latest treatments and technology, and high-quality support throughout their journey, while we work to drive up this country’s cancer survival rates.
NHS England and other National Health Service organisations, nationally and locally, publish information on the signs and symptoms of many different types of cancer, including breast cancer. This information can be found at sources including the NHS website, at the following link:
NHS breast screening for women at very high risk (VHR) starts earlier and is more frequent than those not at VHR. Guidance on eligibility for VHR screening is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breast-screening-higher-risk-women-surveillance-protocols
Women at VHR of breast cancer are now identified within the NHS National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Registry, and referred into the NHS Breast Screening Programme, which has enabled reconciliation to ensure that all identified women are safely referred into the programme. This is a step towards a fully electronic referral VHR process into the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential for using the (a) BOADICEA and (b) CanRisk models as the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential for using the (a) BOADICEA and (b) CanRisk models as the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer.
Routine breast cancer screening starts for women at the age of 50 years old. Women under 50 years old are only offered screening if they are considered to be at high or very high risk. There are no current plans to change that criteria. The eligibility criteria for women in the Very High Risk programme includes the use of the online tool CanRisk. Further information on the Very High Risk programme and CanRisk is available at the following two links:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she plans to extend the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer to other factors such as lifestyle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she plans to extend the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer to other factors such as lifestyle.
Routine breast cancer screening starts for women at the age of 50 years old. Women under 50 years old are only offered screening if they are considered to be at high or very high risk. There are no current plans to change that criteria. The eligibility criteria for women in the Very High Risk programme includes the use of the online tool CanRisk. Further information on the Very High Risk programme and CanRisk is available at the following two links:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of people aged 75 and over who have phoned the free bowel cancer screening helpline in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of people aged 75 and over who have phoned the free bowel cancer screening helpline in each of the last three years.
Further to the answer provided to the Hon Member on 22 January 2026 which covers years 2023 and 2024 in response to Question 106495, 123,479 people aged 75 years old and over requested a bowel cancer test kit in the calendar year 2025. Of these, 97% completed the screening test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the feasibility of increasing the availability of Group B Streptococcus testing on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the feasibility of increasing the availability of Group B Streptococcus testing on the NHS.
I refer the Hon. Members to the answer provided to the Hon. Member for Slough on 24 October 2025 in response to Question 82361.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that all pregnant women (a) have the right to request a Group B Streptococcus test on the NHS, (b) receive that test upon request, and (c) have the results acted upon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that all pregnant women (a) have the right to request a Group B Streptococcus test on the NHS, (b) receive that test upon request, and (c) have the results acted upon.
I refer the Hon. Members to the answer provided to the Hon. Member for Slough on 24 October 2025 in response to Question 82361.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues to GPs and health visitors on recognising the symptoms of lead exposure in children and when to refer for testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues to GPs and health visitors on recognising the symptoms of lead exposure in children and when to refer for testing.
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on screening matters, made a recommendation not to screen children for lead poisoning in 2018. This is because the number of children affected in the United Kingdom is currently not known, the test was not reliable enough, and treatments in children with mild symptoms have not been proven and may also be harmful.
The UK NSC plans to look at the evidence again, however a timetable for review has not yet been confirmed. The UK Health Security Agency guidance on lead poisoning for healthcare professionals can be found at the following link:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the National Screening Committee's evidence review on lead screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the National Screening Committee's evidence review on lead screening.
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on screening matters, made a recommendation not to screen children for lead poisoning in 2018. This is because the number of children affected in the United Kingdom is currently not known, the test was not reliable enough, and treatments in children with mild symptoms have not been proven and may also be harmful.
The UK NSC plans to look at the evidence again, however a timetable for review has not yet been confirmed. The UK Health Security Agency guidance on lead poisoning for healthcare professionals can be found at the following link:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of targeted blood lead screening for children in high-risk housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of targeted blood lead screening for children in high-risk housing.
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on screening matters, made a recommendation not to screen children for lead poisoning in 2018. This is because the number of children affected in the United Kingdom is currently not known, the test was not reliable enough, and treatments in children with mild symptoms have not been proven and may also be harmful.
The UK NSC plans to look at the evidence again, however a timetable for review has not yet been confirmed. The UK Health Security Agency guidance on lead poisoning for healthcare professionals can be found at the following link:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to run targeted public awareness and educational campaigns, tailored to culturally diverse populations, to address anxieties regarding self-testing and explain the vital role of HPV screening in preventing cervical cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to run targeted public awareness and educational campaigns, tailored to culturally diverse populations, to address anxieties regarding self-testing and explain the vital role of HPV screening in preventing cervical cancer.
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
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...
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...
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
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the rollout of HPV self-testing kits via the NHS App, text, email and post, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that digitally excluded individuals and non-English speakers in diverse communities, such as Leicester East,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the rollout of HPV self-testing kits via the NHS App, text, email and post, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that digitally excluded individuals and non-English speakers in diverse communities, such as Leicester East,...
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
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures her Department is putting in place to ensure that eligible women who do not use the NHS App or online accounts can easily request, receive and return the free HPV self-testing kits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures her Department is putting in place to ensure that eligible women who do not use the NHS App or online accounts can easily request, receive and return the free HPV self-testing kits.
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
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support GP surgeries and sexual health clinics in handling increased demand for follow-up cervical screening appointments resulting from positive high-risk HPV self-tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support GP surgeries and sexual health clinics in handling increased demand for follow-up cervical screening appointments resulting from positive high-risk HPV self-tests.
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