Resources
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Policy Framework
This framework supports the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It outlines best practices in implementing the Program, the screening process itself and how the Program will be managed and reviewed.
Availability of new, innovative and specialist cancer drugs in Australia
Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report: Availability of new, innovative and specialist cancer drugs in Australia
Use of Fine Needle Aspiration in BreastScreen Australia Services
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the use of fine needle aspiration in screening services.
The use of Vacuum Assisted Core Biopsy (VACB)
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the use of vacuum assisted core biopsy (VACB) in screening services.
National Cervical Screening Program – fact sheet for colposcopists
Find out why colposcopists need to notify the National Cancer Screening Register about colposcopies under the National Cervical Screening Program, and how to notify.
National Cervical Screening Program – fact sheet for pathologists
Find out why pathologists need to notify the National Cancer Screening Register about cervical screening tests, and how to notify.
National Cervical Screening Program – data requirements for colposcopists
Find out what information colposcopists need to notify to the National Cancer Screening Register about cervical screening tests.
Skin cancer screening – position statement
The Standing Committee on Screening endorses recommendations provided in Cancer Council Australia’s 2014 position statement about why we don’t have a skin cancer screening program in Australia.
BreastScreen Australia – DGMA self-assessment (BSA302)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to undertake their own self-assessment against each Data Governance and Management Assessment (DGMA) requirement.
National External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program – impact evaluation report
Australian Government response to the recommendations of the evaluation of the National External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program – impact evaluation report.
Data Dictionary coding for Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma in situ (PLCIS)
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the correct coding of PLCIS in the data dictionary.
BreastScreen Australia – DGMA data assessor report (BSA303)
Data Assessors use this form to record their accreditation survey findings from undertaking a Data Governance and Management Assessment (DGMA) of a BreastScreen Australia Service or State Coordination Unit (SCU).
BreastScreen Australia – Response by Service/SCU to Data Assessor report (BSA304)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to respond to the Data Assessor’s report and any comments made by the assessor.
Skin cancer in Australia – our national cancer
Australian Government response to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health report: Skin cancer in Australia – our national cancer
BreastScreen Australia – National Accreditation Standards (NAS) accountability framework (BSA003)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to identify which NAS measures they are responsible for as part of the accreditation process.
BreastScreen Australia NQMC – DGMA framework
This document outlines a framework for the Data Governance and Management Assessments (DGMA) that apply under the BreastScreen Australia Accreditation System.
BreastScreen Australia – Standard 5 Protocol Responsibility Framework (PRF5) (BSA301)
Each multi-service jurisdiction must have a PRF5 which details the allocation of operational level responsibility between the Service and State Coordination Unit (SCU) for each area of data governance and management.
National Cancer Screening Register – privacy impact assessment
This report looked at privacy issues relating to the National Cancer Screening Register. It contains 28 recommendations for the department.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Campaign evaluation 2016
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program’s 2016 campaign, ‘A gift for living’.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Primary Health Care Engagement Strategy
This strategy helps health professionals encourage their patients to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Quality Framework
This framework supports the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It outlines the level of quality aimed for at each step of the screening process and how to achieve those.
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Joan’s story – I do everything right and I still had bowel cancer
Joan talks about her experience with bowel cancer, and how doing the screening test saved her life.
Responsibility of assessment teams to review and biopsy abnormal axillary lymph nodes in women with malignant lesions at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews whether axilla assessment should be done as part of their management.
Place of breast MRI as a problem solving tool at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the place of breast MRI in breast screening.
The duty of care of screening services to notify women with silicone breast implants of the presence of screen detected leaking implants
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the role of screening services in reporting implant problems detected during screening.
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