Improving Cervical Screening Uptake: A toolkit of information and resources for general practice
Published December 2025
Contents
1. Purpose of toolkit
2. Understanding cervical cancer
3. Epidemiology in the UK
4. Understanding barriers to screening
5. Strategies for improving uptake
6. Engaging hard to reach groups – incl. MH/LD
7. Promoting awareness and education in the community
8. Optimising the screening experience for patients
9. Building a team approach to improving uptake – every contact counts
10. Data collection and monitoring
11. Best practices and clinical protocols
12. Resources and tools
Summary key points
Purpose of toolkit
- Improve cervical screening uptake across general practice
- Prevent avoidable cases of cervical cancer and pre-cancer
- Reduce inequalities affecting underserved populations
- Strengthen patient experience, communication and trust
Understanding cervical cancer
- Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers
- Nearly all cervical cancers are caused by persistent infection with high-risk HPV
- It typically develops slowly, giving a longer window where precancerous changes can be detected and treated
- Screening and HPV vaccination both support prevention of cervical cancer by identifying changes before they progress to cancer and preventing most high-risk infections.
- Early diagnosis = better prognosis
Epidemiology in the UK
850
3,200
>90%
Deaths annually from cervical cancer
New cervical cancer cases each year
Survival rate when cancer found early
NHS England/WHO elimination strategy 2040
- WHO global target: cervical cancer elimination as a public health problem
- WHO global initiative to achieve a below 4 per 100,000 cervical cancer incidence rate
- NHS England outlined its ambition in 2023 to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040 aligning with WHO elimination strategy
High HPV vaccination coverage for all eligible adolescents High-quality cervical screening with strong uptake Timely treatment of high-risk findings Success relies heavily on community-accessible primary care
Understanding barriers to screening
Emotional and cultural barriers
Barriers related to perception of personal relevance
Practical barriers
Barriers in knowledge
- Time constraints including availability of childcare
- Concerns about cost - travel, time off work
- Language issues
- Lack of transport
- Physical, social, or practical barriers associated with a disability, mobility, or obesity
- Lack of choice of clinician performing the screening
Healthcare system and provided-related barriers:
- Healthcare provider-related
- System-related
- Embarrassment
- Fear of tests that could result in diagnosis of cancer
- Reluctance due to previous negative experience such as pain or discomfort
- History of sexual abuse or violence
- Confidentiality concerns
- Cultural issues (related to cirumstances, beliefs, background and inequalities in society)
Lack of knowledge about:
- The purpose of cervical screening
- The role of screening in prevention
- The risks of cervical cancer
- Who needs to be tested
- Test accuracy
- Cancer or belief that cancer equals death
- Not belieiving cervical cancer is a risk
- Not considering screening to be a priority
- Limited previous experience of prevention or screening programmes
- Being asymptomatic
- Perception that HPV vaccinated people, women who have sex with women or transgender men do not require screening
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Improving Cervical Screening Uptake: A toolkit of information and resources for general practice
Published December 2025
Contents
1. Purpose of toolkit
2. Understanding cervical cancer
3. Epidemiology in the UK
4. Understanding barriers to screening
5. Strategies for improving uptake
6. Engaging hard to reach groups – incl. MH/LD
7. Promoting awareness and education in the community
8. Optimising the screening experience for patients
9. Building a team approach to improving uptake – every contact counts
10. Data collection and monitoring
11. Best practices and clinical protocols
12. Resources and tools
Summary key points
Purpose of toolkit
Understanding cervical cancer
Epidemiology in the UK
850
3,200
>90%
Deaths annually from cervical cancer
New cervical cancer cases each year
Survival rate when cancer found early
NHS England/WHO elimination strategy 2040
- UK strategy focuses on:
High HPV vaccination coverage for all eligible adolescents High-quality cervical screening with strong uptake Timely treatment of high-risk findings Success relies heavily on community-accessible primary careUnderstanding barriers to screening
Emotional and cultural barriers
Barriers related to perception of personal relevance
Practical barriers
Barriers in knowledge
Healthcare system and provided-related barriers:
Lack of knowledge about:
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
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Title
Title
Title
Write a brief description here
Patient-related barriers
Write a brief description here
Write a brief description here
HPV vaccination
link to HPV vaccination toolkit
'Including citations always reinforces our presentation. Breaks the monotony'
- Always cite the author
Write a title here
Disciplines such as Visual Thinking facilitate the taking of visually rich notes through the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
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WOW Effect
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#keyword
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Boring presentation
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Generate yawns in your audience
Facilitatelearning
Communicate ina concise manner
Motivate the audience
Surprise youraudience
Design howto visualize it
Plan thecontent
Text + icons
Create experiences with your content
It has a WOW effect. Very WOW.
Measure results and experiment
Engage and surprise your audience
It is organized, hierarchical, and structured
Make your audience remember the message
A great presentation…
Improves communication on any topic
Matches with your audience...
And makes them part of the message
02:30
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Thank you very much!
your-email@genially.com yourwebsite.com
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