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Ruth Stubbs

National Cervical Screening Programme Manager

Ruth was appointed as Programme Manager for the Cervical Screening programme in October 2015. The Programme Manager leads on the operational management of the cervical screening programme.
Ruth has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the Cervical Screening Programme. For the previous 12 years Ruth worked in the Screening Quality Assurance Service for the Cervical Screening programme undertaking a variety of roles most recently as a Senior QA Advisor. She has a background in Primary Care and Practice Nursing. In her previous roles she has been employed as a Marie Curie Training Facilitator for Cervical Screening, a PCT Primary Care Cancer lead and as a Clinical Manager in Contraceptive Services.

Ruth enjoys spending time with her family and cats, watching Mad Men (the box series) attempting yoga, and swimming.

HPV primary screening in the cervical screening programme

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Following a review of results from the English HPV primary screening pilot sites and international evidence, the UK National Screening Committee recommended at its January meeting that HPV primary screening should be adopted by the screening programme. We are now …

Exciting year ahead for cervical screening programme

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I'm Ruth Stubbs, the recently appointed national programme manager for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP).  As you know from previous blogs, changes within PHE have seen all 11 NHS screening programmes brought together into a single screening division. The …