Dharshana Sridhar, campaigns manager at the Spinal Injuries Association, said: “The system is not made for women’s health to start with and then it’s even worse for women with disabilities.
“And then some of the barriers are actually entirely preventable, like inadequate equipment, like a lack of height adjustable examination beds, but none of this has been happening for decades.”
Local screening teams can “offer practical support such as longer appointments at accessible sites and alternative clinic options” to help women with physical disabilities, the NHS spokesperson said.
But Salter said she had “given up”, adding: “I don’t know what more I can do to access these services.”
“I just think it’s very sad that we’re put in a position where we feel bad about ourselves because we can’t access the healthcare,” she said.
“I’m grateful for what the NHS has done for me. They’ve showed me I can live again.
“Life doesn’t end when you have a spinal cord injury but I want my life to continue and if I can’t have these checks for cancer then they’re not going to be able to catch it quick enough.”