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The Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme will introduce the Primary HPV testing testing pathway from Monday 11th December 2023. Specimens provided from this date will be tested for the presence of High risk HPV (HrHPV).

Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme. The cervical screening programme is for women who have no symptoms of disease. All women registered with a GP in Northern Ireland who fall within the screening age range are automatically invited to go for a screening test.

Northern Ireland’s cervical screening programme will now be significantly strengthened through the introduction of primary HPV testing. Continued high uptake of this screening programme, together with maintaining a high uptake of HPV vaccination, will help ensure we continue to drive down cervical cancer rates further in Northern Ireland.

This leaflet provides information about cervical screening and the Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme. It explains how screening is carried out, who is eligible for screening, what happens at a screening appointment, and how screening samples are processed. It also covers screening test results and the risks and benefits of taking ...

The aim of the Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme is to help prevent cervical cancer. The screening test or smear test detects early pre-cancerous changes in cells that line the cervix. Most changes are caused by persistent infection with high risk types of the human papillomavirus (HPV).

The Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme operates with two age appropriate screening intervals. Women aged 25 -49 are called for screening every three years, and women aged 50-64 are screened every 5 years. NICSP Annual Performance reports: 2021/22: Laboratory Reporting Profiles 2021/22;

Northern Ireland’s cervical screening programme will be significantly enhanced by the full introduction of primary HPV testing, which is more sensitive than cytology-based screening. We can confirm that we are on course for full introduction of primary HPV testing by December 2023. Detailed work on implementing and testing the underlying IT systems is being taken forward as an urgent priority.

Cervical screening is your choice. Whether or not you go for screening is your choice. Read the information in your invitation and learn more about the cervical screening programme to decide if you’d like to take part. All screening programmes have both possible benefits and risks, and the balance is different for each type of cancer screening.

The Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme processes and reports between 110,000 and 120,000 cervical screening samples annually. Prior to December 2023, cervical screening involved the use of cytology as the ‘first line’ (primary) screening test to identify women at increased risk of developing cervical cancer, by identifying pre ...

A new improved primary HPV cervical screening programme is being rolled out across Northern Ireland. It checks for an infection called HPV - the cause of most cervical cancers.

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The cervical screening programme is for women who have no symptoms of the disease. All women registered with a GP in Northern Ireland who fall within the screening age range are automatically invited to go for a screening test. Women aged between 25 and 49 are invited every three years and women aged between 50 and 64 are invited every five years.

Attending for cervical screening could save your life. “Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, but thanks to the screening programme in Northern Ireland, which aims to prevent cancer before it develops, here it is the 12th most common cancer in women. “Northern Ireland has an excellent cervical screening programme.

Cervical screening is a free test that is carried out at your GP surgery. The test looks for early changes in the cells at the neck of the womb (the cervix). In Northern Ireland, screening is offered to all individuals aged 25-64 who are registered with a GP as female.

Regular cancer screening is important. Screening can detect certain cancers before you have any symptoms. Finding cancers early means that treatment is likely to work best. In Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency runs screening programmes for breast, cervical and bowel cancers. The aim of screening is to detect cancer at an early stage when treatment is more likely to be effective.

Primary HPV screening has now been introduced as part of the Cervical Screening Programme in Northern Ireland. Primary HPV screening involves the laboratory testing all cervical samples received as part of the screening programme for the presence of high-risk HPV (by PCR). If a sample tests positive for high-risk HPV, then traditional cytological

Primary HPV testing is to be fully introduced in a major boost to Northern Ireland's Cervical Screening Programme. The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed that they are on course for the full introduction of primary HPV testing, which is more sensitive than cytology-based screening, by December 2023.

Any condition being considered as a screening programme must meet a number of stringent criteria before it is recommended by the Committee. In Northern Ireland the PHA operates the following screening programmes: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening; Antenatal screening; Breast screening; Bowel cancer screening; Cervical cancer screening

Find out about the NHS cervical screening programme, including when it's offered, how to book, what happens at your appointment, ... Cervical screening Cervical screening, which used to be called smear test, is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer. It's offered to women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64.