Pap smear history

Can anyone help in am interested in finding out when the pap smear was introduced as a screening service in the UK and USA. Thanks Microscope.

I found this page a long time ago @Microscope.

It says it started in 1964 but it was not organised properly on the NHS until 1988 when they got a screening programme going. There were a lot of problems with results not getting followed up until then.

http://www.viapath.co.uk/news-and-press/cervical-cancer-screening-in-england-%E2%80%93-the-journey-so-far

A very informative and interesting article. Thank you for posting Amethyst.

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