Cervical Screening & Eastern European Women Report
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NHS England South East and South West wanted to know if Eastern European
women in the Wessex area were attending their cervical screening appointments and if so, where and how frequently. They also wanted to know what could be done to encourage Eastern European to attend screening appointments in the UK and if they were likely to respond to a media campaign.
Between February 2018 and March 2018, 66 women in Portsmouth, Southampton and Boscombe gave their feedback by completing a face to face survey.
Key findings included:
- 25% of participants do not attend cervical screening appointments in the UK
- Over one third of participants who attend cervical screening in the UK also attend cervical screening in their own country
- Two thirds of participants said they were happy to receive their invitation letter in English
- Half the women who responded said they were aware information was available in different languages on the NHS website
- 80% said they would react to a poster campaign while 78% said they would react to a social media campaign