MSP encourages Lanarkshire women to attend smear tests to help end cervical cancer

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An MSP insists more needs to be done in Rutherglen to protect women and consign cervical cancer to the history books.Pam Duncan-Glancy met with Jo’s Cancer Trust during the charity’s Parliamentary Event for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (January 23-29).The purpose of the week is to raise awareness of cervical cancer in the UK and calls for action through innovation to eliminate the illness - which currently kills two women in the UK every day.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The Glasgow Labour MSP is encouraging women across the region to attend their cervical screening when they are invited, and by supporting the efforts of the HPV immunisation programme.Cervical screening coverage is just 65.4 per cent in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, meaning that more than a third of women do not attend their screening when invited.In its latest report, the UK’s leading cervical cancer charity found that only 17 per cent of health professionals working across cervical cancer prevention think enough is currently being done to eliminate cervical cancer in the UK.Only 20 per cent think enough is being done to ensure high levels of HPV vaccine uptake, and just 16 per cent believe that enough is being done to support cervical screening uptake.Commenting Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP said: "There is more we need to do in