United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 37401
Human Papillomavirus: Screening
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21 July 2021
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6 September 2021 · Answer
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6 September 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the comparative effectiveness of mRNA-based human papillomavirus primary cervical screening offers and DNA-based screening.
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21 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the comparative effectiveness of mRNA-based human papillomavirus primary cervical screening offers and DNA-based screening.
Source: Commons
6 September 2021
Answer
In November 2015, the United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommended the use of human papillomavirus (HPV) as the primary screen test for cervical screening, replacing cytology-based screening, as it was more accurate in detecting cervic...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-21/37401
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1349082
- uk · wq-1349082 · source updated 6 September 2021