Cervical screening - Is your practice ready to support the choice?

Two campaigns are commencing in 2024 to promote cervical screening and the self-collection option for cervical screening. The campaigns will target women and people with a cervix who are from First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse communities and patients with a disability. We expect the campaigns will lead to increased demand for cervical screening and particularly the self-collect option, particularly as self-collection may be a more sensitive and acceptable option for under-screened patients.

Practices are encouraged to speak to their pathology labs and order self-collection swabs, so they are ready to offer their patients the choice.

As part of the campaign work several webinars are being offered to healthcare providers. The RACGP will be running webinars on optimising cervical screening for people with disability and supporting equity in your practice:

• 18 July (timings TBD)

For the self-collection healthcare provider campaign, the ACPCC will be running two webinars with CPD points for GPs, nurses, midwives and other healthcare providers with an interest in cervical screening:

• Tuesday 11 June, 6pm (AEST)
• Wednesday 19 June, 7:30pm (AEST)

ACPCC also has CPD accredited online learning modules available as well as healthcare provider and consumer facing resources. More information is available on the The Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer website.