From 1 July 2022, all people who are eligible under the National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) will have access to self-collection of their cervical screening test. Expanding the self-collection policy will offer women participating in the NCSP a choice to screen using either a self-collected sample or a clinician-collected sample, accessed through a health care provider.
This is also crucial in removing the cultural and personal barriers for women to screen, particularly in Aboriginal communities, culturally and linguistically diverse women, and gender and sexually diverse people.
Read more about this update on the Department of Health website.