Scottish Cervical Screening Programme Statistics Edit

This dataset provides annual cervical screening statistics in Scotland, including information on uptake by age group and NHS Board. In addition, data are presented on laboratory turnaround times, number of screening tests and results of tests by NHS Board and laboratory.\r\n\r\nFrom the financial year 2016/2017, cervical screening is routinely offered to women aged 25-64 in Scotland; those aged 25-49 every three years and those aged 50-64 every five years.\r\n\r\nPlease note this publication series is currently under review due to recent identification of data quality issues. Users should be aware that the previously published estimates might be inaccurate. We are currently assessing the impact of the quality issues on the published statistics and will update this note when that work is complete. \r\n\r\nWe are also currently working to develop new statistics that will better reflect how screening services are now delivered. Future publications based on this data will be treated as \u2018Official Statistics in development\u2019 and updated publication plans will be announced on the PHS Forthcoming Publications webpage. PHS have informed the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) of this work. \r\n\r\nAs we look to improve future publication of the data, we welcome all feedback from users. Please contact the team at phs.cancerstats@phs.scot.\r\n\r\nFurther information on cervical screening in Scotland can be found in the most recent annual publication. The date of the next release can be found on our list of forthcoming publications.

Resources

• Cervical Screening Uptake CSV (Details)
• Workload Statistics CSV (Details)
• Cervical Screening Uptake 1997/98 - 2015/16 CSV (Details)
• Workload Statistics 2007/08 - 2011/12 CSV (Details)

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