Labour Pledges Free Cervical Screening for All

Labour pledges free cervical screening for all

Labour health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall. Photo: RNZ Labour is promising to make cervical screening free for everyone, if elected next year, through its previously-announced Medicard scheme.

Labour Party pledges to make cervical screening free

Labour Party health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall. File photo supplied The Labour Party says it will make cervical screening free if elected at next year’s general election, adding it to the Medicard alongside three free doctor’s visits a year for all New Zealanders. “Each year 175 New Zealanders are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 55 die from it,” Labour health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall says. “Almost every case is preventable with bett…

Labour Will Make Cervical Screening Free

New Zealand has committed to eliminate cervical cancer by 2030. Free cervical screening and HPV vaccination will help us reach that goal, Labour health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall said.

Labour promises to make cervical screening free for everyone

"Free cervical screening means earlier diagnosis, lives saved, and less pressure on our hospitals," .