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Guidance

Cervical screening programme: standards

Screening standards for the NHS cervical screening programme (CSP)

Updates to this page

From:
NHS England
Published:
6 September 2018
Last updated:
25 August 2026
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  1. Updated to reflect new HPV sample taker training guidance

  2. Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  3. Removal of pathway and themes diagram.

  4. Updated terminology and made minor revisions.

  5. Cervical screening standards updated and reformatted.

  6. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Cervical screening supporting information

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Cervical screening standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2020

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These documents present the national screening standards for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP).

The most recent standards apply to data collected from 1 April 2020. They replace previous versions.

See Population screening: our approach to screening standards for the consistent approach taken to screening standards across all 11 NHS screening programmes.

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