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Cervical screening in
an era of change
Sandy Anderson
Nurse Consultant
PapScreen Victoria
Where are we now?
506 Victorian Nurse Cervical Screening Providers
125 Registered Victorian Preceptors
500th Victorian credentialled nurse cervical
screening provider was recently announced
- Mary Reynolds
Evaluation of Pap tests collected by nurses in
Victoria during 2012Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry
The Nurses Report is published by Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry each year
Provides statistical data on nurse practice in Victoria
Available online at www.vccr.org/stats.html
Percentage of nurses’ Pap testsEvaluation of Pap tests collected by nurses in Victoria during 2012, Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry, Jennifer Nguyen, May 2013
Figure 1.1 Proportion of Pap tests collected by nurses in Victoria
Total number of credentialled nurses identified:
• Including nurses that use private pathology
Nurses who use private pathology:
• From each nurses’ worksheets Pap test number and statistics will be included
Total nurse numbers 494:
• 416 nurses had a Pap test reported at VCS in 2012
• 48 nurses used private pathology services
• 30 nurses credentialled but no active in 2012
What’s new in 2012 VCCR nurses report
Numbers of Pap test taken by nurses in 2012
National Cervical Screening Program
We are working in an exciting time of change
Nurses in Victoria are recognised as early adopters
Examples of which are:
� The NHMRC guideline changes for screen detected abnormalities in 2006
� Their work to collect ATSI and CALD identification
Endocervical component from 2001 - 2012
Who is screening more underscreened women?
Time since previous screening
Time since previous test Number (%) of Pap tests collected
by nurses in 2012
% of Victorian Pap tests collected in 2012 by other
provider types1
No previous test 3,670 (10.9%) 11.3%
4 yrs + 3,510 (10.5%) 8.1%
3.5 to <4 yrs 780 (2.3%) 2.1%
3.0 to <3.5 yrs 2,122 (6.3%) 5.1%
2.5 to <3 yrs 3,154 (9.4%) 8.4%
2.0 to <2.5 yrs 12,502 (37.3%) 34.7%
1.5 to <2 yrs 3,444 (10.3%) 10.6%
1.0 to <1.5 yrs 2,455 (7.3%) 9.5%
0.5 to <1 yr 1,240 (3.7%) 5.6%
<0.5 yrs 653 (1.9%) 4.6%
Total 33,530 (100%) 100%
28.5% 23.7%
Age distribution of women screened in 2012
29.9%37.8%
Percentage of A&TSI Status data collected in 2012
ATSI Status No. %
Aboriginal 562 1.60%
Torres Strait Islander 14 0.04%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 44 0.13%
Not Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 32,501 92.58%
Not Collected 1,979 5.64%
Declined to Answer 4 0.01%
Total 35,104 100.00%
Nurses collection of A&TSI identification status,
country of birth and language spoken at home data
NSCP working in Aboriginal Health Services
• A network has been established of Nurse Cervical
Screening Provider (NCSP) working in AHS network
• Currently there are 22 NCSP working across the state
in AHS
• Work is ongoing to support the work of nurses working
in AHS in Victoria
To be involved please contact – Sandy Anderson and
Leanne Bird (Aboriginal Education Program Coordinator)
• Family Planning Victoria
• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and/or University of
Melbourne
• The Department of General Practice, University of
Melbourne
Course information is available on
www.papscreen.org.au
In Victoria nurse training courses are currently
provided by:
VPP partnersLorna Moss
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Genevieve Dally
Family Planning Victoria
Tracy Murphy
Dept of General Practice, Melbourne University
Kirsten Hausknecht and Sandy Anderson
PapScreen Victoria
The number of nominations for this years awards has
increased significantly since PSV’s inaugural awards in
2010
I want to recognise that every one of the 500 Victoria
nurses deserves an award for the significant work that they
do for the women of Victoria
Nurse awards 2013
Sandy Anderson
Mobile 0407 190 207
Email [email protected]
Credentialling Secretariat:
Harriet Wynne
Email: [email protected]
Phone 1800 111 255
All forms available on PSV website www.papscreen.org.au
Contact details
www.papscreen.org.au
