NHS England has published the 2017 to 2018 service specifications for all 11 NHS Screening Programmes. The specifications accompany the 2017 to 2018 agreement that outlines how NHS England commissions...
For the first time ever, we’re publishing detailed cervical screening coverage data by GP practice. Coverage is the proportion of women eligible for screening who have a test result recorded in the last 3 or 5 years, depending on their age.
We aim to make screening accessible and inclusive for all eligible populations. For people who are trans (transgender) or non-binary (any gender that is not exclusively male or female), inequalities may exist because...
...from which the EQA sets are compiled Sometimes an individual doesn’t do as well at EQA as their colleagues, so there is a system in place to help them. Technical...
...the modules, we know our e-learning, like everything in life, needs to move with the times. Just as we moved our publications and guidance to GOV.UK a few years ago,...
Evidence shows that human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is a better way of identifying women at risk of cervical cancer than the cytology (smear) test that examines cells under a microscope.
We are pleased to publish the sample taker training guidance for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, replacing the previous publication ‘A Resource Pack for Trainers’ (April 2006).
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The PHE Screening team
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