Cervical Cancer Screening Test

Check4Cancer’s cancer screening services are clinically governed by age restrictions, and you cannot sign up for a service if you are not within the age range for a particular cancer screening test. This is because clinical research does not support the benefits of screening people outside our specified age ranges.

Regardless of age, if you have symptoms then you should always seek medical advice from your GP.

For common signs and symptoms of cervical cancer, please visit the Check4Cancer ‘Advice and Awareness’ page at this link.

Yes, you can, however, we recommend that you wait until you are in your second-trimester before using HPVCheck.

HPVCheck is a comfortable and reliable at-home cervical cancer screening test that detects the Human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer. 

HPV testing is now approved by the NHS as a reliable method of cervical cancer screening.  If you have never attended the National Cervical Screening Programme, you can still find out if you are carrying the virus which leads to almost all cases of cervical cancer.

For 90% of women, using HPVCheck means you may never need to have a smear test again.

HPV stands for Human papillomavirus, a  virus that is extremely common - with four in five people exposed to the virus at some point in their lives through sexual transmission or intimate contact. 

It is also the leading cause of cervical cancer in women, with 99.7% of cervical cancers being caused by HPV.

HPVCheck will test for the most common sub-types of HPV 16 and 18, identifying women potentially at a high risk of cervical cancer.

• There are 13 types of high-risk HPV that cause cervical cancer. Our test reports on the two most common high-risk sub-types HPV 16 and 18. If you are found to have one of the other high-risk sub-types, your report will show this as 'other.' Any treatment which may be required is exactly the same for all high-risk sub-types. 
• Knowledge of HPV 16 and 18 status is useful not only from a risk point of view but if you wish to be vaccinated with the HPV vaccine and you fall outside the age range of the NHS programme for HPV vaccination.
• There are two vaccines approved for HPV, one covers HPV subtypes 6,11,16, and 18 and the second one covers HPV subtypes 6,11,16,18,31,33,45,52, and 58. You can find out more about the two vaccines here.

• You can order your HPVCheck at-home sample collection test kit here. The test kit will be delivered to your home in discreet packaging.
• The cost of HPVCheck is £95.00
• HPVCheck is for women aged 25+.

• A sterile collection kit posted to your home containing easy to follow step-by-step instructions. You can view the kit instructions here.

• Complete the at-home sample collection kit by following the simple instructions provided in the test kit.
• Return your sample to our laboratory by Freepost and expect your results within five days of the laboratory receiving your sample.
• Our team of specialists will analyse your test results and provide you with a personalised screening programme. 

• If your test is abnormal, we will call you before sending your results letter.  
• We will then send you a results letter that will have information regarding the specific HPV subtype that is abnormal, as well as a letter to take to your GP to arrange onward referral to the NHS for further investigation and management.

Whilst undergoing cervical cancer screening will not completely prevent cervical cancer, it can help to detect cancers at an early stage.

No cervical cancer screening test can be guaranteed to be 100% accurate, and an abnormal result from HPVCheck will mean that further investigations are likely to be recommended.