Booking in for your smear test can be a journey. The thought of having to put your vagina in the face of a stranger, albeit a gloved-up professional one, does not usually make for a relaxing situation alas, it’s the best way to check the health of the cervix and to detect high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) or precancerous abnormalities. 

If your cervical screening shows abnormal results, don’t panic (easier said than done, we know). Whilst 1 in 20 people with cervix will have an abnorma...