AQW 1109/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 28/01/2020
Answered On Date: 12/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health whether he proposes to replicate updates to screening for cervical cancer which are proceeding in England.

Answer:

The Health & Social Care sector in Northern Ireland is carrying out work to assess the actions required to introduce Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing, and the associated costs and benefits. This will then help to inform a policy decision on the introduction of the HPV test as the primary screening test within the Northern Ireland cervical cancer screening programme.