{
  "id": 3188543,
  "title": "NHS England to offer women ‘gamechanging’ free home testing kits for cervical cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/nhs-england-to-offer-women-gamechanging-free-home-testing-kits-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T04:00:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/25/nhs-england-to-offer-women-gamechanging-free-home-testing-kits-for-cervical-cancer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NHS has target of eliminating the cancer by 2040, but up to 4 million eligible women are not up to date with screening Millions of women in England who have missed cervical screening appointments will be offered free home testing kits on the NHS. The move comes amid concerns that only two-thirds of women attend in-person cervical screening appointments when asked to do so, leaving as many as 4…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cancer Research UK",
        "title": "What does HPV self-testing mean for cervical screening in England?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/what-does-hpv-self-testing-mean-for-cervical-screening-in-england",
        "published": "2026-08-24T23:05:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Health",
        "title": "Home-testing kits now available for women in England who have missed cervical screening",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/home-testing-kits-now-available-for-women-in-england-who-have-missed",
        "published": "2026-08-24T23:27:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}