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Daniel Keane

London has lowest rate for cervical cancer screening in England

Around 3,200 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year in the UK (stock image)

(Picture: Shutterstock/Image Point Fr)

London has the lowest rate for cervical cancer screening in England, the Standard can reveal, as the NHS issued an urgent plea for eligible women to come forward and get a test.

Less than two-thirds (62.6 per cent) of women in the capital were up to date with their screening for 2021/22 – well below the NHS target of 80 per cent.

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