Setback for cervical cancer test hopes

All the screening, all the possible waste.

Testing for human papillomavirus during cervical screening does not help doctors identify women at risk of cancer, a study suggests.

A positive HPV test does not accurately predict which women need an urgent follow-up, say doctors.

Each year, millions of UK women have a cervical screening test as part of the national programme.

Still think they have any idea what they are doing?