The Glasgow Times is launching its new campaign today.
Don’t Fear the Smear is calling on women and people with cervixes to attend their routine appointments and keep on top of theirExperts claim cervical cancer could be eliminated in the near future – making it the first form of the disease to ever be controlled – if everyone attended their routine appointments, known commonly as smear tests, and received the human papillomavirus vaccine.
Alarmingly, those who do attend are now facing even longer waits to receive their results and vital follow-up appointments.NHS Scotland, however, has apologised for delays and asked those waiting not to contact their GPs to chase up the information until eight weeks have passed since the smear test. “We remain committed to finding cancer as early as possible which is why patients with suspected cancer are prioritised for diagnostics.”
Campaigners have warned anything less than prompt service can create the mindset of the tests being “pointless” which leads to drops in attendance and missed opportunities for detection.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have the lowest uptake in smear tests in those aged 35 to 49, according to the most recent figures revealed by Public Health Scotland from 2020 to 2021.
Those aged 55 and above show slightly higher uptake rates, yet they still fail to reach a higher than 77.5% uptake rate.
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