Cervical cancer: Commons to debate screenings age
A mother has started a campaign in honour of her daughter who died from cervical cancer after she was refused a smear test nine times because she was under 25.
Mother campaigns for smear test age to be lowered
The family of a 22-year-old woman who died from cervical cancer say she would have been here today if she had been given a smear test.
Jess Evans went to the doctors nine times asking to be tested, but was told she was too young, as routine screenings do not start until women reach 25.
Our health reporter Victoria Davies reports.
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