Publications

Future directions for the National Screening Unit – Working in Partnership with Lead Providers for a Sustainable Quality Programme, Muller, J.

The Guidelines for Cervical Screening in New Zealand, 2008 updates and replaces the Guidelines for the Management of Women with Abnormal Smears, published in 1999. The Guidance on HPV Testing Update 1: April 2010 can be found on pg 55 of the guidelines document.

This document released on 30 June 2009, is a communications update on the progress of the implementation of HPV testing in New Zealand.

The National Screening Unit (NSU) engaged Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd (HOI) to conduct an independent evaluation of the implementation of digital mammography (DM) at Breast Screen Waitemata and Northland (BSWN). The overarching purpose of the evaluation was to assist the NSU to consider options for the managed introduction of DM into the BreastScreen Aotearoa (BSA) screening programme, and any implications for national policy and quality standards that this introduction may have.