Published:
11:11 AM April 3, 2021
Dr Ruth Bushaway, Suffolk GP Federation s medical director, hopes a grant will increase the uptake of cervical cancer screening
- Credit: Suffolk GP Federation
Suffolk GP Federation is hoping to increase the uptake of the cervical cancer smear test across the county by targeting specific groups.
Thanks to a grant of £129,335 by the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System’s (ICS) Cancer Transformation Programme, a team of four nurses from east and west Suffolk will be recruited to be cervical screening health educators.
This work will build on a Suffolk GP Federation initiative, started in October last year, to increase the uptake of cervical screening by providing weekday evening and weekend appointments