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Cervical Screening Programme - Coverage Statistics [Management Information]

This publication was last updated 16 February 2021 - with data for Quarter 2 2020-21.

Women between the ages of 25 and 64 years are invited for regular cervical screening under the NHS cervical screening programme.

Coverage is defined as the percentage of women eligible for screening at a given point in time who were screened adequately within a specified period (within 3.5 years for women aged 25 to 49, and within 5.5 years for women aged 50 to 64).

Information in this quarterly publication is presented at primary care, clinical commissioning group (CCG) and local authority levels. Data are published in three separate online interactive dashboards.