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Lower the age for smear tests

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  • nettienoo70
    nettienoo70 Posts: 2,895 Forumite
    The epetition has over 220,000 signatures :)
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  • j.e.j.
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    The story's on Yahoo, I think.

    No point going over and over what's been said already, but I don't think the fault lies with the age group of the screening "invites", but with the lack of adequate care she received after reporting her symptoms, so I won't be signing the petition.
  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
    nettienoo70 wrote: »
    The epetition has over 220,000 signatures :)

    Largely because people sign without really understanding what they are agreeing to :o
  • heartbreak_star
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    If this goes through it will hammer the NHS's already limited resources.

    Research needs to continue into screening for younger women.

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  • nettienoo70
    nettienoo70 Posts: 2,895 Forumite
    Sophie's choice is to change the age and give women the choice to get checked regardless of age, not because every 16 year old girl in the country should be screened, but because any woman who is suffering from symptoms such as these should have the choice to rule out any possibility of it being Cancer related.
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  • Person_one
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    heartbreak_star wrote: »
    If this goes through it will hammer the NHS's already limited resources.

    It won't, clinical decisions aren't made based on petitions or public opinion thankfully!
  • j.e.j.
    j.e.j. Posts: 9,672 Forumite
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    nettienoo70 wrote: »
    Sophie's choice is to change the age and give women the choice to get checked regardless of age, not because every 16 year old girl in the country should be screened, but because any woman who is suffering from symptoms such as these should have the choice to rule out any possibility of it being Cancer related.

    Yes, they should and in fact they do. It's unclear why this didn't happen in Sophie's case :(
  • securityguy
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    edited 19 March 2014 at 8:25PM
    nettienoo70 wrote: »
    any woman who is suffering from symptoms such as these should have the choice to rule out any possibility of it being Cancer related.

    And they do. Something terrible went wrong in this case, and the GP I suspect is on first name terms with their defence union rep. But changing the policy on screening for asymptomatic women would not help.
  • fairydiamond
    fairydiamond Posts: 471 Forumite
    I had a smear at the age of 21 because my doctor thought it was necessary. I never got the results. I asked my doctor why and he said it was thrown away and never tested because I wasn't 25. Crazy.

    I went for my first ''official'' smear the day after I turned 25. Couldn't get there quick enough. It came back normal, thank heavens. I don't know why I was so worried about cervical cancer.

    I do think the age should be lowered to about 21 though.
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  • supersaver2
    supersaver2 Posts: 977 Forumite
    What is the age smear tests are offered to women in Scotland and Wales? I'm sure I read it was 21 years old? Can't check at the moment as I'm on my phone!
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