Love Your Cervix – Young women urge others across the South East to take up life-saving cervical screening

Three inspiring young women from the South East are urging others to take charge of their health and ‘love their cervix’ as NHS England South East launches a vital new cervical cancer screening campaign.

To mark cervical screening awareness week, young women from across the region have shared their experiences of cervical screening to promote the Love Your Cervix campaign’s powerful message to young women – love your cervix and take control of your health.

Women in the South East aged between 25-29 currently have the lowest uptake of cervical screening with some surgeries across the region reporting uptake as low as 60%.

Uptake is particularly low in young women from a black or minority ethnic background which is why medical experts and young women across the south east have come together to launch the Love Your Cervix campaign and urge women to take up their cervical screening invites.

The campaign targets those who are either due or overdue their first and second screening appointments and encourages women to book an appointment with their GP practice when invited by the NHS for their cervical screening and get checked out to help stop any cancer developing.

Find out more information on cervical screening at www.nhs.uk/cervical-screening   