Dr Jo Adendorff (Lismore and Tweed), Dr Brenda Rattray (Port Macquarie and South West Rocks) and Dr Renee Strazarri (Coffs Harbour) presented on the history of cervical cancer screening and the renewal of the National Cervical Screening Program. There was slight variations between each of the presenters information, but the key information is below:
Women’s Cancer Screening Collaborative (WCSC) 2017-2018
Through the delivery of structured, clinician-led general practice quality improvement and health literacy interventions, general practices worked towards increasing access to and equity of women’s cancer screening programs across the North Coast.
From January 2017 to July 2018, general practices improved clinical systems and data auditing processes to better identify and remind never or under-screened at-risk populations of women. Focus groups were also held with at-risk women to understand the environmental and individual barriers and motivators to screening.
This WCSC website acted as an information repository for all WCSC developed content providing access to and sharing of quality improvement tools, change strategy resources and ideas.
WCSC evaluation and resources can be found on the North Coast Primary Health Network.