Journal of medical screening
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To evaluate the impact of health authority cervical screening programmes upon the the actual screening interval for women attending as a result of routine recall and to assess the impact of general practice recall policies on attendance for smears. ⋯ Despite the cervical screening programme being a national programme, there is scope at a local level for considerable variation in the interpretation of national guidance. This variation effects the extent to which programmes comply with the requirement to screen all women at an interval of 3-5 years.
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To evaluate whether the information leaflets produced by UK colposcopy clinics provide women with the information they desire and to determine when they would like to receive this information. ⋯ Many UK colposcopy clinics do not appear to be providing women with the information they require to understand their condition and the procedure that they are about to undergo. Furthermore, this information is often not provided at the appropriate time in the screening process.