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The mother of an aspiring Portsmouth model who died of cervical cancer at 27 after a doctor mistook her symptoms for hormones told him today 'You robbed us of the opportunity to say bye'.
In the year up to March 2021, just seven in 10 eligible women in England were screened for abnormalities in their cervix that can lead to cancer, dropping two per cent on the previous year.
There was a decrease in the number of women having tests in 2020/21.
Latest annual figures on cervical screening show the number of individuals being tested fell slightly in 2020-21 compared to the previous year.
Foyle MLA says testing for human papillomavirus is "the most accurate and sensitive way to determine which women are at high risk of developing cervical ca...