Screening

Eligibility: Men aged 64 or over. It’s a one-off screening, unless an aneurysm is found

Location: Done at hospital

If you think you're eligible for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening but you've not been invited, call the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme - Lancashire and South Cumbria on 0191 445 8747.

If you're trans or non-binary

If you're a trans man, trans woman or are non-binary, your need for AAA screening depends on the sex you were assigned at birth:

• if you were assigned male at birth, it's recommended you have AAA screening
• if you were assigned female at birth, you do not have the same risk of getting an abdominal aortic aneurysm, so will not usually be offered AAA screening

If you're registered as male with a GP, you'll be invited for AAA screening automatically the year you turn 65.

If you're registered as female with a GP, you may need to talk to the GP surgery or call your local AAA screening service to ask for an appointment.

Eligibility: It's offered to everyone aged 50 to 74, every 2 years

Location: Done at home

N.B. You can also get screening for bowel cancer every 2 years aged 75 or over, but you need to call the bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 6060 and ask for the test.

If you think you're eligible for bowel cancer screening but you've not been invited, or had your test kit, call the bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 6060.

Eligibility: Women aged 50 to 71 every 3 years

Location: Done at hospital

N.B. You can still have breast screening every 3 years aged 71 or over if you want to. You will need to call your local breast screening service to ask for an appointment on 01524 518699

If you think you're eligible for Breast cancer screening but you've not been invited, call the North Lancashire and South Cumbria Breast cancer screening service on 01524 518699.

If you're trans or non-binary

If you're a trans man, trans woman or are non-binary, how you are invited will depend on the sex you are registered with at a GP surgery:

• if you're registered as female with a GP surgery you will automatically be invited for breast screening
• if you're registered as male with a GP surgery you will not automatically be invited for breast screening

What to do if you were assigned female at birth

If you've not had top surgery (surgery to remove the breasts and have male chest reconstruction), you can have mammograms.

If you've had top surgery, you may still have some breast tissue. But it's unlikely you will be able to have a mammogram. Talk to a GP if you notice any changes in your chest tissue or symptoms of breast cancer.

If you think you should have breast screening, but you are not invited automatically, contact your GP surgery or call the local breast screening service to ask for an appointment.

What to do if you were assigned male at birth

If you've been taking feminising hormones for longer than 2 years, you can have breast screening. These hormones can increase your chance of getting breast cancer.

If you think you should have breast screening, but you are not invited automatically, talk to your GP surgery or call the local breast screening service to ask for an appointment.

Eligibility: Women aged 25 to 64 every 5 years

Location: Done here at Norwood Medical Centre

If you think you're eligible for Cervical cancer screening but you've not been invited, call the Surgery on 01229 904040. There are also appointments available at Alfred barrow on various Saturdays that we can book you into.

If you're trans or non-binary

If you're a trans man or are non-binary and have a cervix, how you're invited depends on the sex you're registered with at a GP surgery.

• If you're registered as female with a GP, you'll automatically be invited for cervical screening.
• If you're registered as anything other than female, such as male or indeterminate, you may not be invited for cervical screening automatically – speak to your GP surgery, sexual health service, or transgender health clinic and ask to get invitations automatically.

If you're a trans woman or are non-binary and do not have a cervix, you do not need to have cervical screening. But, if you're registered with a GP as female, you may still be invited. Contact your GP surgery, sexual health service or transgender health clinic and ask to stop being invited.

If you've had a total hysterectomy

You will not need to go for cervical screening if you've had a total hysterectomy to remove all of your womb and cervix.