Gynae C - supporting women with gynaecological cancer.

Reduce the Age for Cervical Smear Tests

Gynae C has always promoted the importance of Cervical Smears as being key in detecting early signs of cervical cancer thereby making this so much more easily and effectively treated.
When caught at its early stages, this is very much a treatable cancer.
Gynae C has always believed that once a female is sexually active she should have the right to receive a regular smear test on the NHS. There is an ongoing campaign to reduce the age at which women are invited for their smear tests.
I would encourage you to join this campaign and add your voice to the growing numbers of people asking government to implement this as soon as possible.
If you email us we can print off your support to add to our growing file which will be sent to the Health Minister at the end of August this year (2009). Or you can write to or email your local MP. They do take notice of constituents comments and issues.
Women can elect to have a private smear test, but there is a cost involved in this, and not everyone can afford to go down this route.
Please contact us if you have any concerns.
Thank you.
Helen Jackson, Co-ordinator, Gynae C.
27th June 2009.