European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

EDM number 711 in 2007-08, proposed by Julie Morgan on 16/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine and Health services.

That this House calls on the Government to support the European Cervical Cancer Association and Jo's Trust Pearl of Wisdom campaign to raise awareness of cervical cancer prevention and advocate the implementation of prevention programmes across Europe; commends the STOP cervical cancer petition at www.cervicalcancerpetition.eu; notes the importance of women attending cervical screening; urges women everywhere to encourage friends, family and colleagues to accept their invitation to be screened; further notes the recent report on the lack of screening in England for women between 20 and 25 years of age; and urges the Government to take action to offer these women access to cervical screening or human papilloma virus vaccination.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.