National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week

National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

As part of the national campaign that is running this month, One Medicare @ Rockingham House in Sheffield City GP Health Centre are encouraing women like you, between the ages of 25 and 64, to come down to the centre for a routine smear test.

Did you know?

• The lives of about 1000 women a year are saved as a result of cervical cancer screening.
• Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancer in women aged 20-29.
• 75% of women who are, or have been sexually active, have at some point in their lives had the HPV virus – a major cause of nearly all cervical cancer cases.
• But along with a healthy lifestyle, cervical screenings are the best way to reduce your risk of cervical cancer.
• If women are screened every three years, 91% of cervical cancer cases could be prevented.


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