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If you have had a bad experience at a smear test, it can understandably have a negative impact on how you feel about going for a test in the future.
While smear tests are not pleasant and can be uncomfortable or difficult for many reasons, the majority of women do not have a bad experience. When women do have bad experiences, it is sometimes a combination of several factors instead of just one thing, these reasons can be very personal and varied.
Categories: cervical screening let's talk
While smear tests are not enjoyable, for many women they’re over in a few minutes and they can continue with their day, knowing that the job’s been ticked off.
However, for other women, going for their smear test is not as simple.
Categories: cervical screening let's talk
For a lot of people, it’s a five minute appointment that may be slightly uncomfortable and embarrassing, but is over and done with quickly. But for others, smear tests aren’t just uncomfortable – they hurt and some women find them extremely painful.
Categories: cervical screening let's talk
As part of our new blog series "Let's talk about it" Louise Cadman, Research Nurse Consultant at Queen Mary University of London and on the Management Committee of the My Body Back Project, addresses some of the issues around having a smear test after experiencing sexual violence (***Trigger warning: this blog is about sexual violence***).
Categories: cervical screening let's talk
Today the NHS in Scotland has announced that it will be introducing HPV testing as the primary method for cervical screening from 2019, but what does this actually mean and how will it save lives?
Categories: HPV cervical screening Scotland prevention Policy
As a charity we are focused on the day that no woman dies from cervical cancer. We know that day can come and we want to get there as soon as we can, so that no woman has to face a life threatening cervical diagnosis, no woman has to endure invasive treatment, no woman has to suffer from the long term physical and psychological effects of treatment.
While we work towards this day, we know that many woman are not receiving the support, information and care that they need. This is not acceptable.
Categories: cervical cancer prevention cervical screening Policy
It's just a week to go until our very first Roadshow begins, find out what it's all about from our latest blog by Claire Cohen.
Categories: cervical screening cervical cancer prevention
The number of people talking publicly about smear tests in the last week has quite literally blown us away.
Categories: cervical screening campaign awareness
Our motivation and drive this year is stronger than ever. Why? Because we are seeing fewer and fewer women across the UK attending cervical screening (smear tests)...
Categories: cervical cancer cervical screening Chief Executive blog
Tackling the declining uptake of cervical screening is one of our biggest challenges at Jo's. Women at the first age of invitation and women at the end of the screening programme are of particular concern to us and we are constantly producing new publications, campaigns and adverts targeted at these, and other groups of women.
Categories: Research cervical screening