Cervical screening, which used to be called a smear test, is a test to check the health of the cervix and help prevent cervical cancer. It's offered to women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64.

Cervical screening checks the health of your cervix and helps find any abnormal changes before they can turn into cancer. It's not a test for cancer, it's a test to help prevent cancer.

You can find out more information on NHS website around how a cervical screening is carried out, and why it's important to get a cervical screening.

In Warrington, you can book a cervical screening through your local GP, sexual health clinics, or through the extended access clinics, which are offered at some GPs in Warrington in an evening or on a weekend.

Extended access clinics for cervical screenings:

  • Causeway Medical Centre  - Mondays, 6.30pm - 8pm
  • Culcheth Medical Centre  - Tuesdays, 6.30pm - 9pm
  • Dallam Medical Centre - Tuesdays, 6.30pm - 7.15pm
  • Eric Moore Medical Centre  - Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6.30pm - 8pm
  • Folly Lane Medical Centre   - Thursdays, 7am - 8am and 6.30pm - 8pm
  • Guardian Medical Centre - Saturdays, 8.30am - 2pm
  • Helsby Medical Centre - Tuesdays, 6.30pm - 8pm
  • Penketh Health Centre -  Fridays, 6.30pm - 8pm
  • Springfields Medical Centre - Mondays, 6.30pm - 9pm
  • Westbrook Medical Centre - Tuesdays, 7am - 8am and Wednesdays, 6.30pm - 8pm

Please contact your GP to access these extended times. 

25 June 2025