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Guidance

Cervical screening: auditing procedures

Sets out the national procedures for auditing cases of invasive cervical cancer.

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From:
NHS England
Published:
1 December 2006
Last updated:
27 September 2024
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  1. In the details, changed 'originally published by Public Health England' to 'previously published by Public Health England'.

  2. Added clarification that publication was originally published by Public Health England.

  3. Updated and converted into HTML. Added new information on HPV testing process review, changes to the slide review process post-October 2021 and a new document outlining the SurePath cytology slides, forms and tools.

  4. First published.

Documents

National invasive cervical cancer audit

HTML

Reviewing historic SurePath slides

HTML

Invasive cervical cancer audit forms

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 278 KB

Invasive cervical cancer audit colposcopy review process

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 38.7 KB

Details

This guidance sets out the national procedures for auditing cases of invasive cervical cancer as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) in England. The main guidance document includes:

  • auditing arrangements
  • who does what in audits
  • information about the reviewing processes
  • analysis of audit data

This publication also includes:

  • the process for reviewing SurePath liquid-based cytology (LBC) slides
  • blank audit forms for services to fill in
  • a checklist to guide colposcopy review

Completed spreadsheets should be saved locally and referred to during discussions as necessary.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

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