Women’s Cancer Screening
Collaborative
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
What is the WCSC?
A program to help you
increase women’s
participation in breast
and cervical cancer
screening
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
LGA Name
Cervical
screening aged
20-69
Breast screen
aged 50-69
Ballina
66.3
62.3
40.7
49.7
Bellingen
58.7
53.8
52.5
34.2
Byron
74.1
47.2
29.9
46.1
Coffs Harbour
58.1
59.3
53.3
48.6
Kempsey
54.5
57.9
33.8
39.9
Kyogle
58.1
56.1
30.5
36.4
Lismore
54.0
59.9
46.2
41.9
Nambucca
57.4
55
42.1
44.7
Port Macquarie/
Hastings
64.6
60.8
45.7
46.2
Richmond Valley
53.2
61.3
44.2
61.7
Tweed
57.5
51
57.5
41.5
56%
51.6%
40.2%
46.1%
NSW AVG.
Breast screen
Breast screen CALD
Aboriginal women women aged 50-69
aged 50-69
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
How the WCSC will work
Breast
Learning
Cervical
Learning
Workshop
Women’s
Health
Conference
Workshop
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
Aims (p7)
What are our Collaborative targets?
Breast cancer
Increase to 70% the percentage of women
between 50–74 years of age with a recorded result
for a mammogram conducted in the previous 2
years.
Cervical cancer
Increase to 75% the percentage of women
between 25–70 years of age with a recorded result
cervical screening test conducted in the
recommended time frame.
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
Measures
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Change principles (p16)
1. Engage your practice team
2. Develop systems that support cancer
screening
3. Deliver person centered care
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
Important principles
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Make small incremental changes – continually
Steal shamelessly
Inspire a culture of ‘falling forward’
Think in systems, engage the team
Explicitly state your aim and anticipated
benefits
• Keep score – measure your progress
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au
• http://ncphn.org.au/wcsc
Healthy North Coast Ltd (ABN: 18 154 252 132), trading as North Coast Primary Health Network www.ncphn.org.au