Cervical screening: removing people from routine invitations
How programme staff can stop invitations to people who do not require cervical screening.
Applies to England
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Healthcare professionals should use this process to stop invitation letters being sent to women who no longer require cervical screening for medical reasons or personal choice.
Updates to this page
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Updated to reflect new HPV sample taker training guidance
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Rewording of sentence in section 2.2 to reflect extension of screening interval to 5 years.
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Clarified that this guidance is for the NHS in England. Removed references to PHE and PHE gateway reference number. Colposcopy discharge updates.
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In the details, changed 'originally published by Public Health England' to 'previously published by Public Health England'.
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Added clarification that publication was originally published by Public Health England.
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Guidance document revised and updated.
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First published.