Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Offer free cervical screening test once a year to women age 25 to 60

Closed 539 signatures

What the petition asks

Women age 25-60 deserve to have regularly smear tests to help prevent cervical cancer.
Cervical screening should be offered free through the NHS once a year.

Unfortunately with tests every 3 years too many people are dying. More regular testing could help prevent this.

It’s about every woman’s health! We can save our lives by testing every year instead of every 3 years.

99.8% of all cases of cervical cancer in the UK are linked to the HPV infection.

Timeline

6 May 2021 Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 539
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 6 May 2021
Closed 6 Nov 2021

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