‘WHAT DOES A DEAD BODY SMELL LIKE?’
Bid to raise uptake of smear tests
BY VIVIENNE AITKEN A ROADSHOW will tour Scotland this summer to urge women to have regular smear tests.
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust volunteers will visit Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as locations in Fife and Lanarkshire, to raise awareness of the disease.
The Scottish Government are funding the £100,000 Be Cervix Savvy campaign as part of their £100million strategy to improve cancer prevention, detection and survival rates.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: “Cervical cancer is largely preventable yet one in four Scottish women still don’t get their regular smear tests.”
Robert Music, of Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, said: “We hope to save lives by focusing on areas where cervical screening uptake is especially low.”