Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to help eliminate cervical cancer for woman and those with a cervix in Scotland by introducing at home HPV (human papillomavirus) self-sampling to enhance the smear testing programme, helping to increase the uptake and accessibility of smear testing.
Petitioner: Emma Keyes
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 05 March 2024
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SPICe Briefing (156KB, pdf) posted 04 June 2024
12 June 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the UK National Screening Committee, and the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 12 June 2024
PE2088/A: Scottish Government submission of 2 April 2024 (73KB, pdf) posted 04 April 2024
PE2088/B: UK National Screening Committee written submission, 8 July 2024 (77KB, pdf) posted 17 July 2024
PE2088/C: Scottish Government written submission, 12 July 2024 (10KB, pdf) posted 17 July 2024