
The number of women having cervical cancer screening on island has reached its lowest level in a decade.
The data was revealed in Tynwald and shows that 4,404 tests were carried out in 2020-2021 - that's a drop of 749 compared to the previous 12 months.
The number peaked in 2012-2013 which saw 6,293 women undergo screening.
Screening services have been affected by the pandemic from 2020, onwards.
Sandy Denning, from the IOM Anti-Cancer Association said 3,200 cases of cervical cancer are reported every year in the UK.
On the island is about two or three cases a year.
She is concerned that worries around body image and the actual procedure could be reasons less woman are coming forward.