SCHEDULE 2E+WFurther details about specific Unified Services

Cervical screening E+W

1.—(1) A contractor must—

(a)provide all the services described in sub-paragraph (2), and

(b)make the records specified in sub-paragraph (4) within the patient’s record kept in accordance with paragraph 78 of Schedule 3.

(2) The services referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a)the provision of any necessary information and advice to assist relevant patients in making an informed decision as to participation in the Cervical Screening Wales Programme undertaken by [F1Public Health Wales] (the “Programme”),

(b)performing cervical screening tests on people who have agreed to participate in that Programme,

(c)arranging for people to be informed of the results of their test, and

(d)ensuring that test results are followed up as clinically appropriate.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph [F2(2)(a)] “relevant patients” means patients on the contractor’s patient list who have been identified by [F3Public Health Wales] as suitable candidates for a cervical screening test.

(4) The records referred to in [F4sub-paragraph] (1)(b) are—

(a)an accurate record of the cervical screening test undertaken, and

(b)the result of any test undertaken, and

(c)any clinical follow up requirements.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)