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The Don’t Fear the Smear campaign has vowed to increase screening uptake and reduce waiting times for both initial results and follow-up colposcopy appointments.
As cervical cancer awareness week continues, the Scottish Government said the year-long pledge has been “so important” in driving women to attend the potentially life-saving tests., Holyrood has vowed to optimise screening and increase human papillomavirus rates across the country.
“The incidence of cervical cancer has decreased to the lowest recorded at 9.4 cases per 100,000 persons in 2020, the latest year for which data is available. Despite this success, it is disappointing that uptake of the screening programme is below the Healthcare Improvement“We recognise that the reasons for this are complex and that the impacts of COVID-19 may still be playing a part.
. We are committed to increasing the uptake of cervical screening for all that are eligible and to decreasing the incidence of cervical cancer in Scotland.”, improvements are being made with smear test results. A target of 14 days for initial results has fallen to as long as eight weeks due to laboratory staff issues, however, numbers are showing improvement with 75% of patients across Scotland now receiving answers within the two-week mark.
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