Publications and reports | National Screening Unit

Review of Cervical Cancer Occurrences in relation to Screening History in New Zealand for the years 2013-2017

October, 2020

This document represents the advice and recommendations made to the Ministry of Health regarding the National Cervical Screening Programme by the independent review team based at the University of Otago, Christchurch. The review covers the period from 2013 to 2017.

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Review of Cervical Cancer Occurrences in relation to Screening History in New Zealand for the years 2013-2017 (docx, 891 KB)
Review of Cervical Cancer Occurrences in relation to Screening History in New Zealand for the years 2013-2017 (pdf, 2 MB)

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cervical Screening in New Zealand 2020

May, 2020

The updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cervical Screening in New Zealand 2020 outline the management of women with abnormal cervical screening results and incorporate key National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) policies related to cervical screening, and colposcopy assessment and treatment services. A separate document with the flowcharts is available as a useful reference.

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Cervical screening communications for young Māori, Pacific and Asian women - Key findings and implications

November, 2019

This publication has been produced to identify effective approaches to communicate with young Māori, Pacific and Asian women about participating in the National Cervical Screening Programme (the Programme). A two-phase exploratory research project was undertaken, the first component was a rapid literature review.

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Review of Cervical Cancer Occurrences in relation to Screening History in New Zealand for the years 2008-2012

May, 2018

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Colposcopy Audit Programme

June, 2017

This report provides a summary and overview of the achievements of all 20 Colposcopy audits completed for this 3-year audit programme.

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Colposcopy Audit Programme (pdf, 603 KB)

Bethesda 2001 (NZ Modified) codes for Cytology Laboratories

August, 2014

Updated August 2014. This document replaces v5, October 2013.

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Bethesda 2001 (NZ Modified) codes for Cytology Laboratories (pdf, 296 KB)

NCSP Monitoring and Evaluation: Cervical Cancer Case Reviews

February, 2014

Background and external link to the New Zealand Medical Journal article "Monitoring the performance of New Zealand's National Cervical Screening Programme through data linkage" by Dr Hazel Lewis.