Debate contribution: Cervical Screening Programme: Atherton Report
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 18 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Question for Urgent Oral Answer
- Heading
- Cervical Screening Programme: Atherton Report
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5548695
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A lot has happened in the past three years. For example, all eight recommendations from the Royal College of Pathologists report have been implemented. As I said, we have made HPV screening the primary test. We now have a single regional laboratory, provided by the Belfast Trust. All recommendations from NHS England's peer review visit, and those arising from the Southern Trust's serious adverse incident review, either have been fully implemented or are in the process of being implemented. Therefore, we have done a lot. Once again, I encourage women to have confidence in the new regime.
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