In the UK, cervical screening is
currently offered to individuals eligible for cervical screening between the ages of 25 and 64 years as
part of the NHS cancer screening programmes.
In the future there could be a choice of how the
cervical screening test is done:
Sample could be taken in a clinic by a healthcare professional (as
it is at the moment).
or
The sample could collected by the
individual themselves (self-sampling which can be done at home for example).
" It is important to still attend your cervical
screening appointment as invited by the cervical screening programme.
Self-sampling is not available as part of the UK cervical screening programmes
and no decision has been made as yet about whether it will be available in the
future. "
