Breast cancer screening participation rates among women aged 50-74 years (52.5%) in the Sydney North Health Network area are slightly lower than the NSW rate (52.8%).

The use of BreastScreen by Aboriginal women and those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds has increased (43.8%) and is slightly ahead of the NSW average (42.5%). (2019 RBCO).

Screen-detected breast cancer is less likely to cause death than breast cancers diagnosed in women who have never been screened.

• Guidelines
• Investigation of a new breast symptom – a guide for general practitioners
• BreastScreen NSW information
• Breast Screening Health Pathways
• Your role as a GP in BreastScreen NSW
• Referral Templates for GP software
  Alternatively, you can order a printed referral pad and other resources from the BreastScreen website
• General Practitioner BreastScreen NSW data request form
• BreastScreen Australia Program
• Providing breast screening to your patients

Results data entry instructions

• MD
• BP

Data Extraction

• CAT4 Recipies
  • Identify eligible patients never screened for breast (and bowel) cancer