As part of an NHS scheme aimed at eradicating cervical cancer by 2040, DIY smear tests for women could be introduced in England. The outgoing NHS England chief, Amanda Pritchard, detailed plans to ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

Nearly one in three women and other people with a cervix in the UK don’t attend their cervical screening when invited. Yet this quick, routine test helps prevent up to 70% of cervical cancer deaths by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Pap smears are an uncomfortable, awkward and even painful process for many women. But ...

From July, women in England aged 25-49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will be invited for cervical screening every 5 years instead of every 3 years. NHS England said the updated ...