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P-06-1397 Introduce an at-home smear test option in Wales
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Meeting: 22/04/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 2)
2 P-06-1397 Introduce an at-home smear test option in Wales
Supporting documents:
- Research brief, item 2
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- Correspondence from the Minister for Health and Social Services, 11 March 2024, item 2
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition and noted that the
issue is already under consideration by the UK National Screening Committee.
The Welsh Government follow their advice and recommendations, which will follow
the review of trials of self-sampling.
It has also recently been a consideration in the Health and
Social Care Committee’s Inquiry into gynaecological cancers. The Welsh
Government accepted their recommendations which included consideration of
self-sampling for cervical cancers.
In light of the work already undertaken on the issue,
Members agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioners for highlighting
the importance of finding ways to reduce the barriers to cervical screening.