Cervical screening: removing womenpeople from routine invitations
How programme staff can stop invitations to womenpeople who do not require cervical screening.
Applies to England
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Healthcare professionals should use this process to stop invitation letters being sent to women who no longer require cervical screening for medical reasons or personal choice.
Updates to this page
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Rewording of sentence in section 2.2 to reflect extension of screening interval to 5 years.
Update history
2026-08-25 09:30
Updated to reflect new HPV sample taker training guidance
2025-07-09 09:44
Rewording of sentence in section 2.2 to reflect extension of screening interval to 5 years.
2025-04-16 12:58
Clarified that this guidance is for the NHS in England. Removed references to PHE and PHE gateway reference number. Colposcopy discharge updates.
2024-09-27 09:22
In the details, changed ‘originally published by Public Health England’ to ‘previously published by Public Health England’.
2024-09-26 11:20
Added clarification that publication was originally published by Public Health England.