<p>The Department, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England continue to work together to understand the reasons for the decline in cervical screening uptake and to support the National Health Service and local authorities (LAs) to address them. This includes access to timely and useful data for benchmarking; providing evidence on best practices to increase uptake among women who wish to be screened; using governance levers to advise the NHS and LAs; and working in partnership with commissioners, providers and charities.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, PHE published Cervical Screening: ideas for helping to improve access and uptake; the guidance is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cervical-screening-coverage-and-data/cervical-screening-ideas-for-improving-access-and-uptake</a></p>