Guidance

Cervical screening: primary HPV screening implementation

Information to aid local providers of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in implementing high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing.

From:
NHS England
Published
31 January 2019
Last updated
26 September 2024 — See all updates

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Cervical screening: implementation guide for primary HPV screening

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Appendix 1: cervical screening protocol

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Appendix 2: cervical screening colposcopy management recommendations

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This HPV primary screening implementation guidance includes information on:

  • roles and responsibilities
  • service reconfiguration
  • screening tests
  • quality assurance
  • training
  • protocols for screening
  • protocols for referral to colposcopy
  • centralisation of screening laboratories

This publication was originally published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2019
Last updated 26 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added clarification that publication was originally published by Public Health England.

  2. Updated content in sections 14.1 (inadequate colposcopy) and 14.2.1 (no CIN on biopsy, no biopsy taken or no colposcopic impression of CIN), and in Appendix 2.

  3. First published.

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