Cancer screening coverage: cervical cancer (aged 50 to 64 years old) - WMCA

The proportion of women in the resident population eligible for cervical screening aged 50 to 64 years at end of period reported who were screened adequately within the previous 5.5 years.RationaleCervical screening supports detection of cell abnormalities that may become cancer and is estimated to save 4,500 lives in England each year. Inclusion of this indicator provides an opportunity to incentivise screening promotion and other local initiatives to increase coverage of cervical cancer screening.Improvements in coverage would mean more cervical cancer is prevented or detected at earlier, more treatable stages.Definition of numeratorTested women (numerator) is the number of eligible women with a technically adequate screen within the previous 5.5 years.Definition of denominatorEligible women (denominator) is the number of women aged 50 to 64 years resident in the area (determined by postcode of residence) who are eligible for cervical screening at a given point in time, excluding those without a cervix.CaveatsData for ICBs are estimated from local authority data. In most cases ICBs are coterminous with local authorities, so the ICB figures are precise. In cases where local authorities cross ICB boundaries, the local authority data are proportionally split between ICBs, based on population located in each ICB.The affected ICBs are:Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire;Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes;Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West;Cambridgeshire and Peterborough;Frimley;Hampshire and Isle of Wight;Hertfordshire and West Essex;Humber and North Yorkshire;Lancashire and South Cumbria;Norfolk and Waveney;North East and North Cumbria;Suffolk and North East Essex;Surrey Heartlands;Sussex;West Yorkshire.Eligible pupils are those children who turn 5 within the academic year unless:an exemption has been granted by the secretary of state from the profilethe child has recently arrived from abroad and so an accurate and valid assessment cannot be completed.the child has spent a lengthy period of time away from the setting, for example: due to illness or medical treatment.the child is continuing in early years foundation stage profile provision beyond the year in which they turn 5