The national screening programme for cervical screening has been one of the most successful programmes in the world to reduce the incidence and death from cervical cancer.
Since the programme has begun we've seen a steady decline in cervical cancer deaths - by about 60 per cent.
Pregnant women are included in the eligible cervical screening population as there is no clinical reason not to complete cervical screening during pregnancy. Delay can be considered if the woman has a normal screening history, in which case cervical screening can be deferred to the 3/12 post natal period in consultation with the woman. Practices can alter the recall date to three months post natal,enter relevant details in the notes field in the recall. An alert to highlight pregnant and EDD can also be added if they wish.
It is important to be using the recommended outcome codes when entering results as issues can occur when:
Goals 06 and 07
Due to the rapid implementation of the HPV programme, Medtech practices may find that some IT processes are currently not in place to enable them to see their up-to-date Best Practice Intelligence (BPI) lists. The IT provider is working quickly with plans in place for this to be resolved early October.
Even though practices will be using recalls to identify their eligible patients, we recognise the BPI list for Medtech practices is a way of ensuring no one is missed. For this reason, for the July to September quarter (quarter one), Pinnacle will pay on coverage for the previous quarter (quarter four) or quarter one – whichever is higher. This is only for quarter one, and only for Medtech practices. The solutions may be in place before the end of the quarter, however we have made this decision proactively to recognise the difficulties for practices this may create.
From 1 July 2024, Pinnacle is changing the focus of the quality plan to support capacity and capability building in general practice. There will also be a change to how quality plan funds are allocated. This funding is not attached to targets, and will enable you to build capacity.
Read moreThe Te Whatu Ora pelvic mesh complications service is a national service for people born with biologically female pelvic organs, who may have been harmed by mesh implanted for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse.
Read moreCervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers. Early detection of persistent HPV infections through HPV Primary Screening, in addition to HPV vaccination efforts, is intended to help the country meet its goal of eliminating cervical cancer.
View detailsThis manual has been created as a resource for general practices to aid in the delivery of effective smoking cessation services. The resource will help you evaluate your current practice and identify any changes that could be made to improve your smoking cessation service and ultimately reduce the number of smokers at your practice.