Will the Minister provide average wait times for smear test results in January 2020 and January 2021?

Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services | Answered on 24/03/2021

The Welsh Government does not hold this data, however Public Health Wales, which delivers Cervical Screening Wales, publishes a range of data on the screening programme.

Further information from Cervical Screening Wales can be found at the following link:
https://phw.nhs.wales/data/data-links/cervical-screening-wales-statistical-reports/

Public Health Wales’ Cervical Screening Wales Annual Statistical Reports can be found at this link:
https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/cervical-screening-wales/information-resources/programme-reports/csw-annual-statistical-reports/

Analysis of Cervical Screening in Wales during the pandemic can be found in Public Health Wales’ COVID-19 recovery profile:
https://publichealthwales.shinyapps.io/COVID19_Recovery_Profile_PHWO/