Colposcopy

The Colposcopy clinic is situated within the Jigsaw building on the Bournemouth Hospital site and Harbourside on the Poole Hospital site. Patients are referred via the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP), their GP, the Trust medical practitioners and sexual health department. A walk-in service is not offered.

The Colposcopy service seeks to investigate and address problems associated with the cervix often following cervical screenings* which indicate changes to the cells.

The aim of the NHS Cervical* Screening Programme (NHSCSP) is to reduce the incidence of and mortality from, cervical cancer through a systematic, quality assured population-based screening programme for eligible women (2016, March).

*NHS Cervical Screening Programme Colposcopy and Programme Management NHSCSP Publication number 20 Third Edition, page 37