In the Sydney North Health Network region, cervical screening participation rates ( est. 60.9%) among women aged 25-74 years are higher than the NSW rate( ext. 60.6%)(AIHW 2022)

80 per cent of cervical cancer occurs in women who have never screened or don’t screen regularly. Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable.

 

National Cervical Screening Program

• Cervical Screening HealthPathways
• The Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation woman-focused “comfort checklist” for cervical screening
• National Cervical Screening Program
• Providing cervical screening
• Information pack for Health Professionals 
• Self-collection information for patients

Results data entry instructions

• MD
• BP

Data extraction

• CAT Recipes CAT Plus can identify eligible female patients who have not had a CST (pap smear) recorded in the last 4 years.