Cervical screening: Provider and practitioner survey

Overview

The National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) was established in 1990 following recommendations from the Cartwright Inquiry (1988) to deliver a national cervical screening programme and aims to reduce cervical cancer rates through HPV primary screening, targeting individuals aged 25 – 69.

The NCSP is independently reviewed every three years, and the review is legislated under Part 4A, Section 112O, of the Health Act 1956. A Parliamentary Review Committee has been established to independently review the performance of the NCSP and make recommendations to support its improvement. This is the fifth parliamentary review of the NCSP.

One focus of this review is the recent shift to human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, which replaced cytology as the primary method for cervical screening on 12 September 2023.

Your voice will help us understand how the National Cervical Screening Programme is working and where improvements could be made to better serve communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Thank you for contributing to the review.