NHS Screening Timelines

Screening is always a choice, deciding whether or not to have a screening test is a personal choice and one which only you can make.

When you are invited for screening you will receive an information leaflet about the screening test. You can discuss any aspect of the screening test with your health professional and decide if it is right for you

For more details about the screening services offered by the NHS please visit https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-screening/

Female Patients/Patients with a cervix

Pregnant people are offered screening for:
– Infectious diseases (Hepatitis B, HIV and Syphilis)
– Downs Syndrome, Patau’s syndrome and Edward’s Syndrome
– Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
– Development scan to check the physical development of your baby
Smear Tests are offered from age 25 – 49 every 3 years.

Smear Tests are offered every 5 years between the ages of 50 – 64.
Breast screening first invitation is sent from age 50 – 53.

The invitation is then sent every 3 years  up to 71st birthday.

Contact: 01622 710185

Male Patients

This service is offer during the year (March – April) you turn age 65.

Over 65? You can self-refer.

This is a scan which looks for a bulge or swelling in the main blood vessel that runs from your heart to your tummy.

Contact: 01227 868775

All Patients

A physical check is provided at 6 weeks to check eyes, heart, hips and testes.

The following are also offered:
– Hearing test
– Blood spot test

Contact your midwife or health visitor for more information
Diabetic Retinopathy service is provided from age 12 once every 2 years

This eye screening is different to your optician checks.
This service is for those age 60 – 75 (this is being lowered over the next few years).

If you are over 75 you can request a kit every 2 years.

Contact: 0800 707 60 60