Increasing cervical screening
An article in Portsmouth’s The News mentions work being done by Uscreates to increase the uptake of potentially life-saving smear tests.
More than a third of women in the city miss their routine check, and we have been commissioned to investigate and tackle the barriers affecting whether women attend their check.
Amy Pollard, health development manager for screening at NHS Portsmouth, reinforces their commitment to halting the decline in attendance experienced after the so called ‘Jade Goody effect’ peaked:
“This year we will be working with our local communities in Portsmouth on an exciting research project to help us understand the barriers to screening and where we can offer more support for women to use the cervical screening service.”
The project will also tackle low breast cancer screening rates in the local area.
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