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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than half of women surveyed mistakenly believed that Pap smears test for cancer. In reality, the primary goal of the test is to detect abnormal cell changes in the cervix — changes that ...

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 ...