Cervical screening: Q&A | NHS

What is cervical screening? Is it painful? I hear a lot about HPV, but I don’t know what it is?
In this video, Dr Bavalia answers your questions about cervical screening.

00:00 – 00:11 Intro
00:12 – 00:47 What is cervical screening?
00:48 – 1:21 How old do you have to be?
1:22 – 1:53 Is it painful?
1:54 – 2:22 Do I need to do anything in preparation?
2:23 – 3:39 I hear a lot about HPV, but I don’t know what it is?
3:40 – 4:13 Do you need to have the screening if you’ve not had sex?
4:14 – 4:50 Do you need to have the screening if you’ve had the HPV vaccine?
4:51 – 5:05 Outro

Special thanks to:
Surbiton Health Centre
The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust