Here are all the key facts. More than 31,000 women and people with cervixes in London are being offered at-home DIY smear test kits on the NHS for the first time, in a move experts hope will boost ...

As at-home DIY smear test kits become available to a select-group of women under a London pilot-scheme this month, there’s hope on the horizon for anyone who finds cervical screening a difficult ...

How do these home kits work, though ... so you should still attend a smear test when you’re invited by your GP. Dr Grant says: ‘Ultimately, women should choose the testing method that best ...

that’s instead of undergoing a Pap smear or HPV test that uses a speculum ... that can be used with self-collected samples.

No woman I have ever met looks forward to getting a Pap smear, the standard test for cervical cancer. Asked whether they would rather see a dentist about a cavity, or a gynaecologist for a Pap ...