- Around three quarters of respondents always attend their screening when invited (74%) and around half are motivated to attend to check that everything is ok (53%)
- Other reasons for attending appointments include feeling it’s important after experiencing issues in the past (16%), it being easy to book the appointment (15%) and good previous experiences (11%)
Reason for attending
Summary
Why did you go to the appointment?
Base: Those who have been to a screening in the last three years (4,470)
This chart shows the reasons why respondents attended their most recent appointment:
74% say they always go to them when invited
53% say to check everything is ok
16% say that they have previously had issues so it’s important to keep going for check ups
15% say it was easy to book
11% say they have had good experiences before
8% say as there was good appointment availability
4% say that they were worried about their health
2% say their screen was part of an appointment for something else
2% say they were prompted by family/ friends/ colleagues
1% say they knew they were due one but didn’t get an invite
1% say to ask another health-related question
3% say they attended for another reason
‘Other’ reasons
| wdt_ID | Key themes (in order of frequency mentioned) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Friends/ family have had health issues |
| 2 | I was invited/ encouraged/ advised to |
| 3 | I was due/ had missed a previous appointment |
| 4 | It's important to go |
| 11 | Needed to for something else e.g. to have IUD insertion, for a referral |