NHS Home Cancer Tests Target 4 Million Women as Screening Rates Stall

NHS England begins dispatching free home cervical cancer testing kits today to millions of women who have missed screening appointments — a move the health service calls a "gamechanger" for catching HPV before it becomes cancer. The swab kits, which test for high-risk human papillomavirus responsible for 99.7% of cervical cancers, will be sent to women aged 30 to 65 who are not up to date, with invitations arriving via the NHS app, text, email, or letter. Only 68.8% of...