Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2019.

Public Health England (PHE) is working closely with the charity, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, who lead on Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, and we will be supporting them by our own social media activity. The Department will be supporting PHE’s activity.

NHS England plans to support Cervical Cancer Prevention Week this year with proactive social media activity, including support for Jo’s Trust’s #SmearforSmear campaign to help reinforce the importance of women attending their regular check-ups.

In March 2019, PHE will launch a national campaign to highlight the risks of cervical cancer to encourage women to attend their cervical screening appointment.