Women in England who have consistently missed their cervical screening appointments will soon be offered the option of performing DIY tests at home, in a significant move aimed at boosting uptake and ...

NHS Lanarkshire is urging people to attend their smear test appointments. This comes as part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week running from January 21 to 28. They ...

Women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening are most likely to participate in screening when a self-sampling kit is offered by a healthcare professional as part of routine GP appointments, ...

A woman has urged the NHS to change the language it uses when reminding patients to attend cervical screening, pointing out that the test is not straightforward for everyone. Edana Minghella shared a ...

A new suite of videos aimed at increasing the uptake of smear tests has been launched by NHS Lanarkshire. They include messages about cervical screening for the whole population - and specifically for ...

The NHS has committed to diagnosing more cancers earlier, giving patients faster access to potentially life-saving treatments. Its new 10-year plan sets out an ambition that by 2028, the proportion of ...

NEARLY half of Brits with cancer wait longer than a month to get their diagnosis due to delays in “urgent” NHS testing. The ...

Women aged 25 to 49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will be invited to cervical screening every five years instead of every three, under new NHS guidelines. The change, set to take ...

Women aged 25 to 49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will be invited to cervical screening every five years instead of every three, under new NHS guidelines. The change, set to take ...

When I was 21, I received a letter from the NHS inviting me for a routine pap smear – to test for HPV and to check the health of my cervix. Usually the NHS waits until you’re 25 before sending these ...

This in and of itself has serious implications for women and people with cervixes, who may already be concerned about their health. However to compound the situation, it appears that scammers are ...