NHS Will Send "DIY Scans" By Mail To Fight Decline In Cervical Cancer Screening



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reIY smear tests will be introduced by the NHS, with the aim of reducing the lowest screening participation rate in 21 years.

Women will be given kits to take their own sample home and mail it to the health service as part of the program.

Officials hope that the pilot programs will involve those who are too embarrbaded to consult their GP for cervical cancer screening to participate in the program.

Nearly one-third of women ignored their last invitation, according to official figures – the worst since the start of the records.

Professor Sir Mike Richards, who is leading a study on cancer screening, told MEPs that the NHS would run experimented programs in the Netherlands, where postal kits would have been put in place to stimulate their adoption.

He said the "me …

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