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Sam Volpe

Campaigners, charity and RVI medics reassure public over likely changes to cervical cancer screening

Campaigners have joined medics in reassuring people who could get cervical cancer that changes to how often they are invited to screening won't put them at greater risk of developing the disease.

In Wales, rules have changed so that people could only be invited for a smear test once every five years - but only if their sample shows they are at low risk of developing the HPV virus which causes cervical cancer.

The rules are likely to change in England soon too - with Cancer Research UK predicting that - but NHS England have not confirmed when this might be.

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