The National Cervical Screening Program reduces illness and death from cervical cancer. Women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 74 years of age are invited to have a cervical screening test every 5 years.
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for this program – the National Cervical Screening Program Guidelines – are available on the Cancer Council Australia website. They should be used to guide your decision making and help you follow best practice in managing screen-detected abnormalities, cervical screening and investigation of symptoms in your patients.
The National Cancer Screening Register enables a single electronic record for each person in Australia participating in cervical and bowel screening.
Download Resources: Cancer Change Ideas (PDF 109KB)
Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)
Increase screening for Cervical Cancer (docx 274KB)
Increase screening for Bowel Cancer (docx 276 KB)
Resources
Polar Walkthrough – Identify RACGP active patients with an active cancer diagnosis (pdf 178 KB)
PHN Learn webinar – Cancer Screening and Quality Improvement
PHN Learn webinar – Improving Cancer Screening, Cervical and Bowel Quality Improvement
HealthPathways – Cervical Screening
HealthPathways – Bowel Screening
HealthPathways – Breast Screening
View the Cancer Screening measures for your region on the PHN Exchange GP Data report