South Western Sydney PHN works with and supports GPs to ensure their patients with a cervix are screened for cervical cancer. We provide:
- Assistance identifying patients who are due or overdue for screening
- Support to implement recall and reminder systems for due and/or overdue women
- Practice visits to assist with education and/or set-up item numbers, cervical screening PIP information and recording cervical screening tests in medical software
- Providing patient information resources
- Increasing the number of trained practice nurses to conduct cervical screening