Cervical Screening Awareness

One in four people who are eligible for cervical screening don’t attend. Cervical screening is vital in the fight against cervical cancer.

Cervical smears are now checked for the HPV virus first. Almost all cervical cancers are caused by persistent HPV infection, so checking for HPV first makes sense and allows patients to be monitored more closely.

If you have been invited to have a cervical screening, but haven’t yet booked, please make an appointment as soon as possible. Cervical screening can help to identify changes that can lead to cervical cancer.

• www.jostrust.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/cervical-cancer-prevention-week
• www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-cervical-cancer-screening