Millions of women in England to receive ‘game-changing’ at-home screening kits

Eligible women aged between 30 and 65, who have not attended screening appointments, will be sent invitations through the NHS app, text message, email or by letter

NHS has target of eliminating the cancer by 2040, but up to 4 million eligible women are not up to date with screening Millions of women in England who have missed cervical screening appointments will be offered free home testing kits on the NHS. The move comes amid concerns that only two-thirds of women attend in-pers

Nearly four million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.

A radical shake-up will see tests mailed out to women in England who have not attended screening appointments so they can self-swab for cancer-causing high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)

Millions of women to be invited to order at-home cervical screening kits  ITVX

The kits contain a swab, which is used to collect a sample from the vagina, and this is then posted back to NHS labs for free.

The kits contain a swab, which is used to collect a sample from the vagina, and this is then posted back to NHS labs for free.

Millions of women in England who have not attended cervical screening appointments will be invited to order at-home testing kits on the NHS.