Nearly one in three women and other people with a cervix in the UK don’t attend their cervical screening when invited. Yet this quick, routine test helps prevent up to 70% of cervical cancer deaths by ...

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 ...

The number of women having cervical screenings has reached a 20-year low, with one in four failing to attend their appointment. But with two women dying every day from cervical cancer in the UK - and ...

Young women in the South East have joined NHS bosses in urging people to take part in cervical cancer screening. Figures show women aged between 25-29 currently have the lowest uptake of cervical ...

NHSX has announced the launch of a new cloud-based IT system for cervical screening in England. The initiative has been welcomed by charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, which said it was necessary for ...

Women in England who are most likely to miss routine cervical screening test appointments will be offered a test to be taken at home in a bid to boost uptake. The home test kits will be available from ...

A woman whose grandmother and mother both had cervical cancer has called for the reversal of recent changes lengthening the interval between screenings. Gemma Barley, 34, had to undergo a biopsy in ...

NHS England has set a target date of 2040 to eliminate cervical cancer through a combination of HPV vaccination and screening. Its Chief Executive, Amanda Pritchard, said making the "ambition" a ...

Cervical screening coverage in England has declined by 2% during the coronavirus pandemic, new data has revealed. Those behind the latest statistics for 2020-21 suggested that disruption caused by ...

Attendance for cervical screening is socially graded, but little is known about patterns of attendance for colposcopy following an abnormal screening result. We know of no analyses of socioeconomic ...

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 ...