Midwives and Cervical Screening During Pregnancy

The NSW Cervical Screening Program aims to increase participation in cervical screening for all women across NSW, focusing on women who are under-screened. For some women, who do not usually engage with the health system, pregnancy may be the first or only opportunity for them to be offered and/or to have cervical screening. The National Cervical Screening Program guidelines* say that it is safe to offer cervical screening (including self-collection) to pregnant women who are due or overdue for screening.

To help us understand if you provide cervical screening for pregnant women, or if not what some of the barriers to offering screening are for you, please take 5 minutes to answer the following questions.

* Cancer Council Australia Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Working Party. National Cervical Screening Program: Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities, screening in specific populations and investigation of abnormal vaginal bleeding. Sydney: Cancer Council Australia. https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Guidelines:Cervical_cancer/Screening

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* 1. Do you provide pregnant women with a Cervical Screening Test if they are due or overdue for cervical screening?

Yes

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* 2. If no, please tick all the boxes below that apply to you:

I don’t have enough time to do cervical screening during a woman’s appointment

I am not trained to do cervical screening

I don’t do cervical screening because I am worried about the safety of the test

I don’t do cervical screening, but I refer any pregnant women who are due or overdue for screening on to another provider

It is not part of policy at the hospital

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you don’t provide cervical screening, would you be interested in face-to-face training to become a provider of cervical screening?

Yes

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* 4. If you were trained would you be able to offer cervical screening to pregnant women at your service?

Yes

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* 5. If you don’t provide cervical screening and don’t want to be trained as a provider, would you be interested in on-line education about this topic to encourage you to refer your pregnant women who are due or overdue for cervical screening to another provider?

Yes

Midwives and Cervical Screening During Pregnancy

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* 1. Do you provide pregnant women with a Cervical Screening Test if they are due or overdue for cervical screening?

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* 2. If no, please tick all the boxes below that apply to you:

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* 3. If you don’t provide cervical screening, would you be interested in face-to-face training to become a provider of cervical screening?

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* 4. If you were trained would you be able to offer cervical screening to pregnant women at your service?

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* 5. If you don’t provide cervical screening and don’t want to be trained as a provider, would you be interested in on-line education about this topic to encourage you to refer your pregnant women who are due or overdue for cervical screening to another provider?

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* 6. Any other comment you would like to record about screening in pregnancy? leave blank.