Cervical Screening Invites to Change for Younger Women in England

NHS to offer at-home cervical cancer screening – an expert explains what you need to know

Iryna Inshyna/ShutterstockNearly 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 detecting problems early — and if everyone took part, that figure could rise to over 80%. Since December 2019, England has adopted a more accurate screening method that tests first for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV),…

What we know about the new NHS cervical screening guidelines

Younger women could have cervical screening every five years instead of three

HPV is a sexually-transmitted group of viruses which cause no symptoms but can lead to cervical cancer.Younger women who test negative for the virus that ca ...

Cervical screening invites to change for younger women in England | Tech, Entertainment, Sport, Fashion, Travel News

Invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test. Research shows they are at very low risk of cervical cancer and can safely wait longer to be screened again, NHS England has said. The roll out of a vaccine to protect against HPV – the virus which causes nearly all cervical cancers – has reduced cases by around a quarter since the early 1990s…

Cervical screening intervals to be increased on the Island

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NHS England » NHS rolls out more personalised cervical screening for millions

More accurate human papillomavirus (HPV) testing will enable millions of women and people with a cervix in England to benefit from more personalised cervical screening from next month, the NHS has announced today. From July, younger women (aged 25 to 49) who test negative for HPV, meaning they are at very low risk of cervical […]