WOMEN RELY ON PAP TEST REMINDER:
General Practitioners in the Melbourne GP Network are being urged to remind their female patients to have regular two-yearly Pap tests as only 60.5 per cent of women in the Network have had a Pap test in the last two years.
This places the MGPN below the state’s two-yearly cervical screening average of 63.1 per cent. This means approximately 40 per cent of women residing in the MGPN catchment are not adequately protecting them against cervical cancer.
For more information about cervical cancer prevention or to order any of Pap Screen’s resources (these include brochures and information sheets for women, GP cards and posters for waiting rooms) visit our website at www.papscreen.org.au or call the Cancer Council Helpline on 13 11 20.
