Today the Department of Health and Social Care has announced that, as part of the 10 Year Health Plan, HPV self-sampling kits will be offered to women and people with a cervix who have missed their cervical screening. The main trial for HPV self-sampling, YouScreen, was conducted in north and east London in 2021, after […]
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BBC Breakfast’s Dr Nighat Arif is fronting a new cervical screening campaign to encourage younger Londoners to attend an NHS cervical screening appointment when invited. Cervical screening is offered to women and all people with a cervix, between the ages of 25 to 64, and helps prevent cervical cancer by checking for a virus known
London’s four NHS Cancer Alliances* have funded Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust to deliver cervical training for non-clinical primary care staff in the capital. The training is open to non-clinical administrators, receptionists and other primary care staff (e.g. social prescribers) who are often patient-facing or tasked with speaking to patients. At the sessions, attendees will learn
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