Opportunistic screening in sexual health clinics makes sense, because the population that visit clinics are at greater risk, and yet, funding's been cut drastically:https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-29/sexual-health-services-at-breaking-point/ …
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Had my first in 2011, easy to obtain appointment at my GP surgery, texted results within a few days. Second this year, three week wait, had to go to another health centre, and am still waiting for results.
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Making health services harder to access by cutting funding and putting more barriers in place does more harm than a prime minister saying "Go get checked" does good.
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And virtually impossible if a wheelchair user
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Cervical cancer is set to become a rare disease in Australia and be eradicated within 10 years. What went we wrong in the uk? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/national/cervical-cancer-set-to-be-eliminated-from-australia-in-global-first-20181002- …
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Not included, presumably, in these figures are women who can’t even register with a GP because practices are now required to act as border guards. If you’re not able to access a dedicated sexual health clinic (which don’t check immigration status) you can’t get screened at all.
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They are if you have a retroverted uterus. Bloody agony. Try a tip from a sympathetic nurse. Put your hands, palm down, under your bottom. It levels the tilt slightly.
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Yep. Plus, it’s not actually that uncomfortable if it’s done by a well trained practitioner, you can ask for a smaller speculum to be used as well, it took 20 seconds last time I went, barely knew she’d done it!
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