Changes to the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Bill

The proposed amendments - contained in the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Bill - leave the original intent of section 112J intact, and the amendments do not affect the Health (Cervical Screening (Kaitiaki) Regulations) 1995) and the requirements around access to Māori women's data.

These amendments will allow for direct (look-up) access to the Register to smear takers so that this access can be incorporated into the future re-design of the NCSP Register.

The first reading of the Bill was completed in Parliament last week, and the Health Committee has called for public submissions on the Bill. Submissions close Thursday 3 May 2018.

To find out more, see Proposed legislation changes for the National Cervical Screening Programme.