Improving the Quality of Written Information Sent to Women about Cervical Screening

Guidelines on the Content of Letters and Leaflets

NHSCSP Publication No. 27 - ISBN 978 1 84463 035 6
Published December 2006

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These guidelines are an update of NHSCSP Publication No 6, published in 1997.

They are based on a systematic review undertaken by staff at the Cancer Research UK Primary Care Education Research Group. They summarise current NHSCSP guidance about sending written information to women about cervical screening, and the information that the research evidence suggests should be included in letters and leaflets.

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