Breast Screening
All Women aged from 50 to their 71st Birthday who are registered with a GP will automatically be invited for breast cancer screening every 3 years. For further information on breast screening please click here. In the meantime if you are worried about breast cancer symptoms it is important that you contact the surgery to discuss your symptoms with one of our GPs or Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
Bowel Screening
NHS Bowel cancer screening is offered to people over the age of 60. If you are 60-74 you will automatically be invited to do a home testing kit every 2 years. If you are 75 or over you can ask for a home testing kit every 2 years by calling the free bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60. For further information on the NHS Bowel Screening programme, including a short video on how to perform the test please CLICK HERE.
In the meantime if you worried about symptoms of bowel cancer at any age you do not have to wait to have a screening test you can contact your surgery to discuss your symptoms with one of our GPs or Advance Nurse Practitioners.
Cervical Screening
Cervical Screening or Smear Tests as many of us refer to them as are one of the best ways for all women and people with cervix to protect themselves against cervical cancer. Cervical Screening (a smear test) is a procedure that checks the health of your cervix. The procedure is carried out by our trained, experienced Practice Nurse. Cervical Screening is NOT a test for cancer, it is a test to help prevent cancer by detecting any changes to the cells of the cervix.
All women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 years of age are eligible for cervical screening and will automatically be invited.
If you have received a letter of invitation for cervical screening call the surgery to speak with one of our Medical Receptionists who will help you to book an appointment with one of Practice Nurses.
If you would like to know more about cervical screening including a brief video on how cervical screening is done please CLICK HERE.
If you have any worries or concerns or questions about cervical screening and would like to discuss the procedure with one of our practice nurses to help put your mind at ease please let us know and we can book a telephone consultation for you.