Cervical Screening Resources

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and from Public Health England's eLearning for Healthcare (eLfH) programme on the topic of cervical screening.

RCGP:

• Five Minutes to Change Your Practice: self-swabbing for HPV – could it replace smear tests? (Jan 25)^FREE
• Five Minutes to Change Your Practice: cervical cancer prevention (2018)^FREE

eLfH:

• Cervical Sample Taker Update Training (part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme designed to meet the requirements of mandatory three-year update training)^{FREE to healthcare professionals} 
• Primary HPV Screening e-Learning Course for Sample Takers (part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme)^{FREE to healthcare professionals}

Guidelines

Below find guideline resources from Public Health England (PHE) on the topic of cervical screening.

PHE:

• NHS Cervical Screening Programme: Colposcopy and programme management (updated Sep 2024)^FREE

Reviews

Below find review resources from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), the RCGP and PHE on the topic of cervical screening.

Articles from The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG) below, which are not marked FREE or which are not open access, may require a subscription or institutional access to read the full content. Check with your university or hospital library regarding institutional access to articles from this journal. 

RCOG:

• Cervical Cancer Elimination: What, how and WHO? (The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2025; 27: 241–251)
• Human Papillomavirus-independent Cervical Cancer and its Precursor Lesions (The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2023; 25: 47–58)

BJGP:

• Urine Human Papillomavirus Testing for Cervical Screening in a UK General Screening Population: A diagnostic test accuracy study (BJGP 2025; 75(761): e853-e86)^FREE 
• Cervical Screening: The evolving landscape (BJGP 2022; 72: 364–365)^FREE

PHE:

• Cervical Screening: Programme overview (updated July 2024)^FREE