Women in England who have consistently missed their cervical screening appointments will soon be offered the option of performing DIY tests at home, in a significant move aimed at boosting uptake and ...

As part of the government's 10 Year Health Plan, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that home testing kits for human papillomavirus (HPV) will now be offered as an ...

Home health tests bought by people seeking answers about their conditions could give inaccurate and misleading results and require much greater regulation to ensure they are safe, reliable, and ...

An at-home cervical-screening test could encourage about 400,000 more women to be screened for the disease every year if adopted by the NHS. Researchers at King's College London have conducted a 'game ...

Women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening are most likely to participate in screening when a self-sampling kit is offered by a healthcare professional as part of routine GP appointments, ...

An NHS doctor has suggested that signing up for a free at-home test could help "prevent" certain cancer cases from developing ...