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1007820

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of women in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency who did not receive a cervical screening invitation and reminder letter between January and June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	191987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We understand from NHS England that no women registered in Oxfordshire and Oxford West and Abingdon constituency were affected by the recent failure to send out cervical screening invitation and reminder letters between January and June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 15:04:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1007861

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the whether the cervical screening programme IT system is fit for purpose.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	191937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Following the recent cervical screening incident, announced on 15 November 2018, NHS England has set up a multi-agency clinical panel to manage the incident. Capita has put in place daily audits to ensure all women’s files are accounted for and are looking at how automated processes can be used to reduce errors. Additionally, the checks within the Capita call and recall service have been upgraded at every stage of the process and Capita has appointed an independent audit team to carry out a detailed review into operation systems and processes in Primary Care Support England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 15:05:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1007096

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent system errors occurring in the correspondence sent to women relating to cervical cancer screening.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	191469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Following the recent cervical screening incident, announced on 15 November 2018, Capita has confirmed they have put in place daily audits to ensure all women’s files are accounted for and are looking at how automated processes can be used to reduce errors. Additionally, the checks within the Capita call and recall service have been upgraded at every stage of the process and Capita has appointed an independent audit team to carry out a detailed review into operation systems and processes in Primary Care Support England.</p><p> </p><p>I laid a Written Ministerial Statement on 15 November, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-11-15/HCWS1086/" target="_blank">HCWS1086</a>, explaining the incident and the steps being taken to address it, offering reassurances to the women affected. All individual women affected have been written to directly and Capita has issued an apology.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has set up a multiagency clinical panel to manage the response to the incident and, separately, has announced an independent expert review into cancer screening programmes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:18:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 85823 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1007099

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women later died after missing an early cervical cancer screening as a result of not being sent a letter notifying them of the early screening.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	191470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>To date no serious harm has been identified following the recent serious incident whereby a number of cervical screening invitations, reminders and results letters were not sent to women. All women affected by this incident have been written to and the file of any woman needing a follow up is being checked to ensure they have been referred appropriately. Assessments of harm as a result of not being sent a letter are ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The public health advice from Public Health England is that the risk posed by missing these letters remains low.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:19:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 85825 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

997156

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether GP’s have authority to request cervical cancer smear tests when patients under 25 show symptoms of cervical cancer.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	184977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of the delivery of essential medical services under the General Medical Services Contract Regulations, general practitioner practices must offer consultation and, where appropriate, physical examination for the purposes of identifying the need, if any, for treatment or further investigation. Practices should carry out treatment or further investigation as is necessary and appropriate, including the referral of a patient to other services or other health care professionals.</p><p> </p><p>Patients aged over 25 are, of course, eligible for the cervical screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/11/2018 16:54:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

993666

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the uptake of cervical screening within the recommended time frame.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	182697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England continue to work together to understand the reasons for the decline in cervical screening uptake and to support the NHS and local authorities (LAs) to address them. This includes access to timely and useful data for benchmarking; providing evidence on best practice to increase uptake among women who wish to be screened; using governance levers to advise the NHS and LAs; and working in partnership with commissioners, providers and charities. This has been, and continues to be, an ongoing focus to improve the cervical screening service and its uptake among women in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, PHE published ‘Cervical Screening: ideas for helping to improve access and uptake’; the guidance is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2018 12:17:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

993680

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for patients to receive their smear test results in each NHS trust area.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	182795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Data on the average time taken for patients to receive their smear test results in each National Health Service trust area are not collected.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/10/2018 12:28:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

993711

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that 25-30 year old women attend their smear test appointments.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working with commissioners and providers to encourage women, including those aged 25 to 30, to attend their smear test appointment. Methods for prompting women who are overdue or who have never attended a smear test appointment include reminder letters, text reminders, postcards and telephoning women directly.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, PHE published ‘Cervical Screening: ideas for helping to improve uptake’. The guidance is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2018 12:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

993713

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to raise awareness with (a) women under 35 years old and (b) minority ethnic women of the importance of regular smear tests.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is currently developing a campaign that will promote uptake of cervical screening. The campaign is scheduled to launch in 2019. The campaign will include activity that is targeted specifically at women from minority ethnic groups.</p><p> </p><p>PHE advises the National Health Service on how to deliver screening programmes. The service specifications include standards relating to reducing inequalities in coverage and uptake.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, PHE published ‘Cervical Screening: ideas for helping to improve access and uptake’. This provides ideas taken from a range of initiatives used to address uptake of the cervical screening programme; this includes raising awareness amongst all women eligible for cervical screening, including those under 35 years. The guidance is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2018 12:13:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

973213

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2018 to Question 171297 on Cervical Cancer: Screening, what steps he is taking to increase take-up of cervical screening in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	174634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England continue to work together to understand the reasons for the decline in cervical screening uptake and to support the National Health Service and local authorities (LAs) to address them. This includes access to timely and useful data for benchmarking; providing evidence on best practices to increase uptake among women who wish to be screened; using governance levers to advise the NHS and LAs; and working in partnership with commissioners, providers and charities.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, PHE published Cervical Screening: ideas for helping to improve access and uptake; the guidance is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/10/2018 12:51:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle