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Make cervical scans compulsory for anyone that has received cervical treatment

Closed 484 signatures

What the petition asks

In Feb 2012 I underwent a LLETZ procedure to remove CIN 2 pre-cancerous cells from my cervix. When I fell pregnant in October 2014 I had an appointment with a medical registrar who advised there would be no effect on my pregnancy. In March 2015 my waters broke at 24 weeks & my son passed away.
At the time nobody was aware of what had caused my waters to break as I had received no monitoring during my pregnancy. Had I received cervical scans like I did in my subsequent pregnancy they would have been able to diagnose me with Incompetent Cervix & put a stitch in to save my son.

Due to the amount of cells that were removed I was deemed to be 'low risk'. So if a low risk patient can lose a child then anybody can and this is totally unnecessary heartbreak that could have been prevented.

Timeline

17 Nov 2017 Petition opened for signatures
17 May 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 484
Status Closed
Opened 17 Nov 2017
Closed 17 May 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.