About this Presentation

Update on Australian National Cervical Screening program including rates of participation, changes to Self- Collect options, Intermediate pathway management recommendations, management of older women with persistent HPV positive tests and discussion of the National Cancer Screening register portal. Case presentations will be used to highlight these topics.

About the Expert

Dr Lara Roeske

Dr Lara Roeske is a Melbourne based GP. Lara is a member of the Commonwealth’s Self-Collection Expert Advisory Group, the National Cervical Screening Program Self-Collection Implementation Committee, a co-author of the National Cervical Screening Program Guidelines and a member of the Health Minister’s Advisory Committee on Blood Bone Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections. Lara has supported Australia’s Cervical Screening Program for almost two decades as an educator, researcher, and advisor. Lara chairs the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners National Faculty of Specific Interests.