Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) or
6205 1065
For a poison emergency in Australia call
13 11 26
The Drug and Alcohol Help Line is available 24-hours, 7 days a week on
5124 9977
For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
02 5124 9700
Emergency help
during flood or storms
The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) aims to prevent cervical cancer with regular testing. The program was introduced in 1991 and is one of Australia’s three population-based cancer screening programs.1
References
1. Commonwealth Department of Health. National Cervical Screening Program. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health; 2021 [cited 2023 Jun 11]. Available from: https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/national-cervical-screening-program
2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2022. Canberra: AIHW; 2022 [cited 2023 Jun 11]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/ncsp-monitoring-2022/summary
3. Fernandes A, Viveros-Carreño D, Hoegl J, et al. Human papillomavirus-independent cervical cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2022; 32:1-7.
4. Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Australia. Melbourne: ACPCC; 2022 [cited 2023 Nov 14]. Available from: https://acpcc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Draft-Strategy-PDF-including-appendices.pdf
5. ACT Cancer Registry. Canberra: ACT Cancer Registry; 2023 (unpublished data).
6. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Cancer in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW; 2021 [cited 2023 Jun 11]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-australia-2021/data.