Wondering what to expect from a smear test? Learn why cervical screening matters, how the procedure works, and tips to make your appointment as comfortable and stress-free as possible.

Women in England could soon be offered DIY smear tests that they can do from the comfort of their own homes. The aim is to increase uptake of cervical cancer screenings, which have continued to ...

A British company are offering employees paid leave so they can attend their smear test appointments. To coincide with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (17th – 23rd January 2022), ISAWITFIRST say they ...

From the age of 25, people with a cervix are invited to go for a cervical smear test in the UK. It's a potentially life-changing examination, which can act as an early detection of cervical cancer.

A woman who had a near-miss experience with cervical cancer has launched an online petition - calling for the NHS to reverse its new smear test rule. The NHS England change - introduced in July - ...

We all know they’re important, but for many women smear tests feel invasive and uncomfortable, which may be why cervical screening attendance is at its lowest rate for two decades. But a new test ...

Women in Birmingham and Solihull are being reminded of the importance of attending regular smear tests for cervical cancer as latest figures reveal that attendance of cervical screening in England is ...

My triennial smear test is not something I look forward to. Once booked, I wait with grim anticipation but afterwards I leave feeling virtuous and somehow healthier. When the results drop through the ...

Kerry McDermott, from Whitely, in Hampshire, went for a cervical screening at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth in ...

The HPV vaccine is leading to such dramatic reductions in cervical cancer that those who receive it may only need one smear test in their lives, according to a leading cancer prevention scientist. The ...

A Birmingham woman was diagnosed with cervical cancer after her original smear test results were wrong. Hayley Wareing was given the bombshell news when she sought a second opinion with a private ...

A YOUNG woman has hit out at the NHS after she was denied a smear test – even though her mum suffered from advanced cervical cancer as a teenager. Doctors won’t test Demi-Lee Stewart, 22, because she ...