Vaginal speculum and cervical screening kit

A speculum apparatus, comprising:

• a speculum including a distal portion, for positioning within a subject to dilate the subject so as to provide an enlarged opening to the subject's cervix in alignment with a speculum axis of said speculum, and a proximal portion, said proximal portion including an elongate handle for gripping, said elongate handle extending from said proximal portion relative to a transverse axis that is transverse to said speculum axis;
• an imaging system for obtaining one or more images of said subject's cervix via said enlarged opening;
• and
• a data network system, operatively associated with said imaging system, for transmitting said images, via a data network, to a remote data terminal for analysis;
• wherein said speculum includes a mount for receiving structure of said imaging system such that an imaging element of said imaging system is in an imaging position proximate to said proximal portion of said speculum for imaging said subject's cervix, said mount enabling movement between a first position, corresponding to a first location in relation to said transverse axis, for imaging said subject's cervix and a second position, corresponding to a second location in relation to said transverse axis, where said imaging system is disposed away from said enlarged opening so as to facilitate access to said subject's cervix, wherein, in said second position, said imaging element is separated from said speculum axis of said speculum by a first distance that is greater than any distance between said imaging element and said speculum axis in said imaging position.