Guidance

NHS population screening: information for transgender people

Information about the NHS population screening programmes available to transgender and non-binary people in England. Read and print in full, or by programme chapter.

Applies to England

Documents

NHS population screening: information for trans and non-binary people (in full, for print)

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NHS breast screening: information for trans and non-binary people (for print)

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NHS cervical screening: information for trans and non-binary people (for print)

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NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening: information for trans and non-binary people (for print)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: information for trans and non-binary people (for print)

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Details

Screening providers should make this information available to trans and non-binary people to inform them about:

  • breast screening
  • cervical screening
  • abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening
  • bowel screening

Information for trans and non-binary people about each screening programme is also provided as PDFs to print out for those who need it.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of the documents in a more accessible format, please email england.contactus@nhs.net. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

To request another format, you can phone 0300 311 22 33 or email england.contactus@nhs.net.

Updates to this page

Published 4 July 2017
Last updated 15 December 2025 show all updates
  1. Restructuring of pages, providing content by chapter as well as all together, for ease of reading and printing. Also, some small textual amendments to 'Bowel cancer screening invitation process' (outlining screening cohort update) and 'Cervical cancer screening invitation (outlining screening interval update).

  2. Updating screening interval to 5 years for ages 25 to 64.

  3. Changed content type to guidance.

  4. Removed PHE contact email address and screening helpdesk information. Updated the cervical screening section with information on invitation opt ins and to reflect the latest standard leaflet content in HTML and PDF for print.

  5. Information on bowel scope screening removed as this is no longer part of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

  6. Updating confidentiality section, replacing mention of Public Health England with NHS England.

  7. Addition of plain A4 PDF version for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.

  8. Addition of HTML version of leaflet.

  9. First published.

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