Cervical Screening

Below are links to news/articles/resources Women's Health Action has posted on this website about cervical screening and the Cervical Screening Programme. See also the page on the Gisborne incident.

    Latest news

• Abnormal smear results and anxiety - WHW June 2006
• DIY Healthcare - WHW June 2006
• Cervical Cancer Vaccine - WHU May 2006
• Cervical Cancer Audit report findings - WHU January 2005
• Letter to Otago Daily Times - WHW April 2004
• Cervical cancer screening programme advisory group- WHW April 2004
• Health Screening Amendment Bill - WHU Oct 2003
• Latest information on the progress of the Health (Screening Programmes) Amendment Bill. - April 2003
• Final McGoogan report - WHU July 2003
• Is ThinPrep better? - WHU July 2003
• Will vaccination end cervical screening? - WHU Vol 6 no4 January 2003
• The cervical cancer vaccine study results - WHU Vol 6 no4 January 200
• New screening clinical appointments - WHU Oct 2002
• Law changes for auditing the National Cervical Screening Programme: How far should they go? - Sandra Coney, Executive Director, Women's Health Action Trust Statement on Submission paper
• Great new cervical screening resource for women - Cervical Screening A Guide for women in New Zealand from the NCSP
• Cervical cancer audit underway - WHU July 2002
• McGoogan report provides reality check on progress on cervical screening - WHU April 2002
• Making screening work for Maori women - WHU Jan 2002
• Health information at fingertips - WHU Jan 2002
• Government bows to public pressure over cervical screening audit plans - WHW Dec 2001
• Manitoba launches Cervical Cancer Screening Program
• Consumer reference group for breast & cervical screening programmes (report on the outcome of a WHA consultation regarding setting up the group) - WHW Sept 2001
• Consumer Reference Group for the National Cervical Screening Programme and BreastScreen Aotearoa. Recommendations of the Women's Health Action and Te Tapu o te Wahine Reports
• Cabinet supports law changes to assist audit of national cervical screening programme Oct 2001 Media Statement from Annette King
• Gisborne report recommends a raft of changes for cervical screening - WHU April 2001
• Background Information on Changes to Section 74A of the Health Act 1956
• Launch of the National Screening Unit
• NSU Launch Speech Notes: Karen Mitchell
• Minister welcomes new Maori Health Manager for National Screening Unit

    Other Cervical Screening News

• After Gisborne - WHW June 2001
• Debate over HPV testing - WHW June 2001
• Gisborne report recommends a raft of changes for cervical screening -WHU April 2001
• New appointments for National Screening Unit -WHU April 2001
• Law changes for auditing the National Cervical Screening Programme: How far should they go?
• Brief of Evidence of Sandra Coney Expert Witness for Women's Health Action Trust - for the Gisborne Cervical Screening Inquiry
• National screening to remain under national management - WHU Oct 2000
• Testing for human papillomavirus recommended - WHW June 2000
• Informed Consent in screening programmes - paper given at the Healthy Women Workshop Education & Training for Health Promotion National Cervical Screening Programme and BreastScreen Aotearoa, Health Funding Authority Napier 23 June 2000 by Sandra Coney Executive Director, Women's Health Action Trust
• HFA contacts Gisborne women whose re-read results show low-grade abnormalities
• Consumer reps on screening group - WHU Oct 1999
• Chemo helps women with advanced cervical cancer - WHW April 1999
• The Cartwright Report Ten Years On: A Critical Evaluation - WHW Dec 1998
• Cancer rates - Women - WHW April 1998
• Women's groups urged to participate in Gisborne Inquiry - WHW Sept 1999
• Gisborne cervical screening incident section
• Lessons from Gisborne - WHW July 1999
• WHA 7 Step plan
• Contract for cervical screening evaluation - WHU July 1999
• Review of abnormal smears guidelines - WHU April 1999
• New faces in screening programmes - WHU Nov 1998
• New cervical screening recommendations - WHU April 1998
• Cervical screening on the move - WHU April 1998
• ThinPrep - women pay the piper, labs call the tune - WHU April 1998
• New screening advisory group WHW Dec 1998
• New advisory group for breast and cervical screening - WHW Sept 1998
• Cervical screening stock-take - WHW April 1998
• Cervical screening improvements - WHU July 1997
• Older and bolder? Not when it comes to smear tests - WHU April 1997

    Resources

• Cervical Screening A Guide for women in New Zealand