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P-04-640 Bring Down the Age of Smears to 18
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Meeting: 06/10/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 P-04-640 Bring Down the Age of Smears to 18
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
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- 14.08.2015 Correspondence - National Screening Committee to the Chair, item 3
PDF 2 MB
- 30.09.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3
PDF 27 KB
- 30.09.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee - Private , View reasons restricted (3/4)
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:
- give
the petitioner more time to comment on the substantial information
provided by the UK National Screening Committee; and
- seek
her views on the recent letter from the Minister for Health and Social
Services.
Meeting: 30/06/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 P-04-640 Bring Down the Age of Smears to 18
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2
PDF 15 KB
View as HTML (2/1) 8 KB
- 14.06.2015 Correspondence - Minister for Health & Social Services to the Chair, item 2
PDF 186 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition for the first time and
agreed to:
- write to the UK national screening
committee asking for details on the recent public consultation that
informed the Minister’s decision to put the age up;
- write to the Minister asking for
statistics on how the HPV vaccination programme is expected to decrease
the number of cancer patients over the next 10 years; and
- await comments from the petitioner on
the Minister’s response.