{"id":520,"date":"2026-07-21T20:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/?page_id=520"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:33:40","slug":"nhs-screenings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/nhs-screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How am I invited?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An appointment letter will be sent to a<\/span>ll men living in England the year they turn 65 by the Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Programme via NHS England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How will I get the results?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The results are then sent to you in the post and also forwarded to your GP surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bowel Cancer Screening<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How am I invited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bowel cancer screening is a test you do at home and is offered to everyone aged 50 to 74.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will I get the results?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The results are then sent to you in the post and also forwarded to your GP surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Breast Screening<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How am I invited?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An appointment letter will be sent to all women between the ages of 50 and 53. Then you&#8217;ll be invited every 3 years until you turn 71 by the Breast Screening Programme via NHS England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How will I get the results?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The results are then sent to you in the post and also forwarded to your GP surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Cervical Screening<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How am I invited?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An appointment letter will be sent out to all women between the ages of 25 and 64 by the Cervical Screening Administration Service via NHS England. Patients can then contact the surgery to book a 30-minute appointment with a Practice Nurse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Please note \u2013 if you are currently pregnant or under gynaecology for surgical treatment, the GP surgery will defer your cervical screening for you until it is appropriate for you to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How will I get the results?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The results are then sent to you in the post and also forwarded to your GP surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">From September 2025<\/span>, those who have a negative test result will be notified of this by an NHS App message. It will also appear as an NHS App notification. If the NHS App message isn\u2019t read within 72 hours, a letter will be sent as a failsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Abnormal result letters will continue for the time being to be delivered by post.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>PSA Testing<\/h3>\n<p data-block-key=\"gb96e\">Routine PSA testing is not offered on the NHS.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7lnku\">If you are worried, please arrange an appointment with a GP to arrange a PSA test. Anyone aged 50 or over with a prostate can ask for a PSA test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening How am I invited?\u00a0 An appointment letter will be sent to all men living in England the year they turn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/h82095\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}