This document is intended for those involved in the commissioning, management, governance, delivery and quality assurance of cervical screening call and recall services. The programme sends screening invitations to people with a cervix who are registered as ‘female’ or ‘indeterminate’ at the following ages and intervals.Īge 24.5: first invitation (invitations to first screen are issued at 24.5 years).Īges 65 plus: screening of those who have not been screened since age 50, or those who have not yet met the criteria to be ceased from the programme.
1.2 Screening target populationĬervical screening is for women and people with a cervix.
It must be read in conjunction with the NHS cervical screening programme service specification.Īll documents relating to the management of cervical screening in England are on the GOV.UK website. This document is a comprehensive revision of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme ( NHS CSP) Good Practice Guide No.18, ‘Cervical screening call and recall: a guide to administrative good practice’ and replaces the version dated 2017.
