Kerry missing HSE’s target for cervical screening uptake

Kerry is falling below the HSE’s target for the percentage of women having cervical screenings.

According to today’s Irish Examiner, only seven counties nationwide reached the target of having 80% of eligible women screened under the Cervical Check program. In Kerry over the past five years, 76% of eligible women attended screenings.

Nationally, 11% of screenings were HPV positive, however, only half of these screenings were found to have abnormal cells on further examination.