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Attendance at early recall and colposcopy referral were 80% and 95%, respectively. At the incidence screen, the 33\u2009506 women screened with hrHPV testing had substantially less cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse than the 77\u2009017 women screened with liquid based cytology (0.14, 0.09 to 0.23).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In England, routine primary hrHPV screening increased the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse and cervical cancer by approximately 40% and 30%, respectively, compared with liquid based cytology. 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