North West Cervical Screening - Introduction - The National Screening Programme

North West Cervical Screening Quality Assurance Reference Centre

The National Screening Programme - Some facts

According to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, cervical screening prevents between 1,100 and 3,900 cases of cervical cancer each year(2).

Just under 19,000 women in England and Wales were found to have the most important type of serious abnormality, usually described as CIN 3.
This can only be detected by screening and is treated to prevent invasive cancer developing.

The UK has the second highest recorded incidence in the European Community.