Cervical screening eligibility and funding

Who to screen

You should encourage women to be screened if they:

have a cervix or have had a partial hysterectomy
are aged 25 to 69
have ever had intimate skin-to-skin contact with another person.

You should include people in screening even if they:

have not been sexually active for a long time
have only had non-penetrative sex, such as oral sex or sharing sex toys
have only been with one sexual partner
have had the HPV vaccine
are pregnant
have been through menopause.

Exit testing for participants aged 69 to 74

You can exit people from the cervical screening programme if they:

are aged 69 to 74
have had an HPV test with an HPV not detected result within the last 5 years (or 3 years if immune deficient).

Women in this age group who have not had a negative result in the last 5 years (or 3 years if they are immune deficient) should be given another HPV test. If HPV is not detected, they do not need to have any more tests and can be exited from the programme.

Funding for primary care providers and screening support services

Health NZ provides funding to primary care providers and screening support services who are contracted to deliver:

cervical screening services
screening support services.

You can get funding to test women who are eligible for free screening or to do follow-up testing.

Zero-fees cervical screening for priority groups for primary care providers

Zero-fees cervical screening for priority groups for support services

Primary health organisation status report

The report is provided monthly to primary health organisations (PHOs). This report supports PHOs to:

invite and recall eligible participants
provide effective participant support and follow up.

The data in this report is supplied under section 112J(3) of the Health Act 1956. This permits register information to be disclosed to authorised individuals for the purpose of enabling:

results from a screening test or a diagnostic test to be followed up
notices to be sent to enrolled women.

Encouraging equity and status reports

Enhancing health equity for wāhine Māori, Pacific peoples, and the rainbow community has been a foundational part of HPV primary screening implementation.

Targeted engagement with under-screened groups and a focus on less invasive clinical pathways are helping us meet cultural needs while also reducing barriers to access.
You can access resources from the co-designed awareness campaign from HealthEd.

PHO status report documents

Cervical screening resources

All cervical screening resources

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Cervical screening eligibility and funding

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Who to screen

Exit testing for participants aged 69 to 74

Funding for primary care providers and screening support services

Primary health organisation status report

Encouraging equity and status reports

PHO status report documents

For health professionals

For the public

Cervical screening resources

Cervical Screening – Niuean version

He wahine, he taonga / Te whare o te tangata

I'm doing this for me and my whānau cervical screening poster

Cervical Screening Reminder Card

Cervical screening provider toolkit

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