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This guidance sets out the national procedures for auditing cases of invasive cervical cancer as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) in England. The main guidance document includes:

• auditing arrangements
• who does what in audits
• information about the reviewing processes
• analysis of audit data

This publication also includes:

• the process for reviewing SurePath liquid-based cytology (LBC) slides
• blank audit forms for services to fill in
• a checklist to guide colposcopy review

Completed spreadsheets should be saved locally and referred to during discussions as necessary.

This publication was originally published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.