Cervical Cancer Campaign
Claire Walker-Everett died from cervical cancer, which was not diagnosed due to the UK government lifting the smear testing for cervical cancer from 20 to 25yrs old in 2004. We are now campaigning for this to be lowered back to 18 years old, which will hopefully prevent this happening to another family.
This website is dedicated to Claire Walker-Everett, who we lost on September 18th 2008, 5 days after her 23rd birthday.
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 18:18 |
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A leading sexual health charity says the NHS should lower the age for first smear tests in England to pick up more cases in younger women.
The high-profile case of Jade Goody shows the disease is a potential threat and Marie Stopes International says women should be screened from 20 years.
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On the 18th of March 2009, Claire's Message will be knocking on the door of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
We now have approx 15,000 signatures on our Cervical Cancer petition which is to lower the Cervical screening age in England.
The Cervical Smear is the best way to detect Cervical Cancer at the early stages.
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Claires message calendar 2010
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On the petition form, there is also an area that allows you to drop a message to us, here i have randomly added a few of the messages that people have sent over.
There has been almost 3000 petitions signed and handed in here, so we couldn't physically add all those into this page, but please trust me every one is read and then printed off to be included into the petition that will be handed into downing street.
kathryn
23
i am only young and all this talk of cervical cancer is very worrying so id like to think that if i felt worried i could be checked out. obviously i would not be able to only being 23 so it is quite worryibg really.
Lyn Varrow
58
The age for screening should be bought down to 18 (if not lower). I have two daughters aged 25 & 28. My eldest daughter had problems a few years ago which would have been prevented if she had been of the age for a smear test.
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