Question reference: S6W-01511
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the change in scheduling of routine invitations for cervical screening from three years to five years applies to women who had their last appointment prior the change to the system in 2020.
Answer
Following the implementation of high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) primary screening in March 2020, the screening interval for all participants where HPV is not found in their sample will be five years. The five year interval will apply to women only once they have been screened using the hr-HPV primary screen and received a negative result. Women who receive a positive result will receive more frequent screening depending on what cell changes are found in cytology.