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Lower the year span of smear tests for women who test negative for HPV

Submitted on Tuesday 10th June 2025

Rejected on Wednesday 2nd July 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Lower the year span of smear tests for women who test negative for HPV

Petition Details

recently the NHS has announced they will be now extending the amount of time between smears for women who test negative for the HPV virus. This has changed from three years to five which is a massive step back for women. As you know a lot can change between and there’s not always Symptoms

Additional Information

This needs to change as by the time symptoms show this can be way to late. This is a massive step back for women and it’s not acceptable.


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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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