6 Aug 2020

Expert calls for DIY cervical screening test

From Morning Report, 8:16 am on 6 August 2020

The rollout of a cervical screening test that patients can do themselves has been delayed again, with doctors saying some people will die unnecessarily as a result.

The alternative to the current speculum test was meant to be introduced next year - after already being delayed three years.

Professor Beverley Lawton is Director of Te Tatai Hauora o Hine, the Centre for Women's Health Research, at Victoria University of Wellington and speaks to Corin Dann.