Item 4(b)

Member Question: Cervical Screening

I ask the committee to note that cervical screening rates have dropped in Brighton and Hove to one of the lower rates in England, that is 64% of eligible women in 2021. The national average being closer to 70% and the government target being 80% of women.

I ask the chair if she is willing to bring a report to the next committee to allow HOSC to scrutinise cervical screening services in the city. I also ask her to consider including other gender related screening programmes such as breast screening if rates are similarly poor. I would particularly ask that this report includes public health awareness and education programmes, and the accessibility and suitability of the programme to hard to reach and minority groups.

Cllr Amanda Grimshaw BEM