NHS screening
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NHS screening
NHS screening programmes aim to prevent ill health, save lives and allow people to make informed choices about their health. But eligible people are not being invited, causing inequalities to remain.
Cervical screening: All individuals aged 25 to 64 who have a cervix should consider having cervical screening. This includes trans men and people who are non-binary and were assigned female at birth, provided they have not had a full hysterectomy.
Breast screening: This is offered to anyone between 50-70 years who has breasts, due to either naturally-occurring oestrogen or oestrogen hormone therapy. This includes trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth who have not had a bilateral mastectomy, and trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth who have taken feminising hormones.
Further resources
- Public Health England (2021): Cervical screening for lesbian and bisexual women.
- Berner, A.M., et al.(2021): Attitudes of transgender men and non-binary people to cervical screening: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study in the UK (British Journal of General Practice).
- Public Health England (2023): NHS population screening: information for transgender people.
- National Screening Committee (2023): Population screening explained.
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