This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week – so let’s talk screening! In the UK, cervical screening (often called a smear test) is available for most women, some trans men, and non-binary people with a cervix, who are aged 25 to 64. It can prevent cervical cancer by spotting the human papillomavirus (HPV) or changes to the cells in the cervix caused by HPV. Doctors can then monitor or treat these changes so that cancer doesn’t have the chance to develop. Whether it’s your first cervical scre