Govt seeks GP feedback on patient self-collection for HPV testing
The health department wants to know what doctors think about the proposed change to cervical screening
GPs are being urged to have their say on patient self-swabbing for HPV test samples in a new federal Department of Health consultation ahead of its decision on offering it to all patients.
The department has asked the University of Melbourne to survey GPs to identify any barriers to implementation of broad access to self-collection, which is currently restricted to women 30 or older who have never been screened or who are two years overdue for a test.
