While nobody likes going for a smear test, screenings are vital in preventing cervical cancer. Despite the fact cervical screenings save thousands of lives each year in the UK, though, uptake has ...

There are around 3,200 new cervical cancer cases in the UK every year. That's more than eight every single day. Smear tests are designed for all women and people with a cervix, aged between 25 and 54, ...

AT-home smear tests will be sent to millions of women in England. The NHS is targeting those who have not attended cervical cancer screening appointments – around four million women. The ...

NHS England is expanding access to free home HPV testing, giving millions of women a simpler way to take part in cervical ...

Cervical screening just got easier.

Far too many women are avoiding smear tests because they're embarrassed about what the procedure entails. And for that reason, the NHS is trialling at-home cervical screenings in areas where there are ...

Next year, I will turn 25. While some may mark this as the milestone into true adulthood, I can't help but think of one thing: the dreaded smear test. Turns out this fear isn't unique to me. Due to ...

The number of women having cervical screenings has reached a 20-year low, with one in four failing to attend their appointment. But with two women dying every day from cervical cancer in the UK - and ...

So you're about to turn 25, and the letter's landed on your doormat: it's time for your first ever smear test. Or, alternatively, you've long bid farewell to 25, and you've just been putting off the ...