The publication includes the numbers invited for screening, the number of tests on screening samples sent to pathology laboratories, the results of the samples taken and the time taken to return results. It also shows the change in the cervical screening programme’s coverage in England compared to previous years.
Disruption from coronavirus (Covid-19) is not thought to have significantly affected the quality of the data submitted for 2020-21, however it is likely to have had an effect on activity. These statistics should therefore be interpreted with care.
In 2020-21, 4.59m individuals were invited for screening - a one per cent decrease on 2019-20, when the figure was 4.63m.
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