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21 March 2019
Women will be able to conduct tests for HPV at home as part of a pilot scheme to combat the low up-take of cervical cancer screenings in England.
20 March 2019
NHS chiefs are bringing the cervical screening service back in-house after expressing dissatisfaction at the way it has been performing.
19 March 2019
The Institute of Biomedical Science, British Association for Cytopathology and Royal College of Pathologists issue a joint statement on recent cervical screening news in the national media.
5 March 2019
The campaign urges women to attend their cervical screening, with data showing that the number of women attending screening has fallen to a 20-year low.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/phe-launches-cervical-screening-saves-lives-campaign
5 March 2019
The government has launched its first cervical screening advertising campaign in England, as the number of women having checks has hit a 20-year low.
4 March 2019
The HPV - or Human Papilloma Virus - vaccine is available to year 8 and 9 schoolgirls across Britain. But not all of them get the jab.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-47419895/why-are-bame-girls-less-likely-to-get-the-hpv-jab
11 February 2019
PHE Screening has launched new training resources to support staff providing primary HPV screening in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP)
https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/2019/02/11/primary-hpv-screening-training-resources-launched/
7 February 2019
British Medical Journal (BMJ) abstract report from HPV pilot site
5 February 2019
The “Worldvision Cytopathology Contest” (WCC) is a new global outreach initiative of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC)
5 February 2019
The British Association for Cytopathology (BAC), Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) and Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) recently wrote to NHS England to seek an extension to the tender process for Primary HPV cervical screening.
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