The 25-year-old uses platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to start conversations about women's health."I've heard people saying how because of the trauma they've gone through, they just don't want to go for their smear test because they've got so much fear."Katie said she "cried in her car for about half an hour" after having her first smear "because the pain was so bad".
"HPV testing itself can be lifesaving, picking up cervical cancer. We just want to make that available to more people," said Molly.She said the campaign team has heard from many within the LGBTQ+ community, particularly from those who have cervixes but do not identify as women.Jess said tests should be made available to those who have experienced trauma and find the process of in-hospital smears triggering.
Prof Peter Sasieni is the Academic Director of King College London's Clinical Trials Unit and is heavily involved in the research around cervical screening.However, he said it was "extremely likely" self-sampling would be on offer in the future for people who have fallen behind on their sampling.
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