How often should you be screened?

CervicalCheck, the new national cervical screening programme, invites women for free cervical screening at different intervals based on their age.

Age

Frequency

25

First invitation

25 - 49

Once every 3 years

50 - 64

Once every 5 years if your last 2 regularly scheduled results have been 'no abnormality detected'

60+

Women over the age of 60 who have never been screened should contact their local CervicalCheck registered doctor or nurse to discuss their cervical screening needs