{"id":23399,"date":"2024-08-05T23:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T23:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=23399"},"modified":"2024-08-05T23:22:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T23:22:39","slug":"where-can-i-access-anoscopy-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/23399","title":{"rendered":"Where can I access anoscopy in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The comments to this article list UK clinics that were running services at the time but please check them to see if they are still running.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/42226\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/42226<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Homerton Hospital has the most established service and needs a GP or specialist referral.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homerton.nhs.uk\/homerton-anogenital-neoplasia-service\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.homerton.nhs.uk\/homerton-anogenital-neoplasia-service\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1645258621452000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1un43oYEBWBUYOfuBSyHVQ\">https:\/\/www.homerton.nhs.uk\/homerton-anogenital-neoplasia-service\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\">UCL are running a national study called SEPAC for gay men older than 40 at five hospitals.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/global-health\/research\/z-research\/sepac\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/global-health\/research\/z-research\/sepac&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1645258621452000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27UQC46P5NcnJURvif8pLM\">https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/global-health\/research\/z-research\/sepac<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Royal Free Hospital has an \u2018opt in\u2019 referral pathway straight to an HRA clinic and plan to start a programme where based on people checking themselves monthly, similar to self-breast exams. They can then report lumps or changes early.<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital have services at 10 Hammersmith Broadway, the\u00a0Kobler Centre and\u00a056 Dean Street\u00a0that includes anal smears tests and anoscopy to those with higher grade abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p>Although this list is London-centric, other services are likely to be available nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Please also remember that interpreting the results also involves expert advice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comments to this article list UK clinics that were running services at the time but please check them to see if they are still running. https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/42226 Homerton Hospital has the most established service and needs a GP or specialist &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-complications-and-coinfections","category-sexual-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23402,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23399\/revisions\/23402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}