waitemata bowel screening pilot gaye tozer national bowel screening programme meeting 19 august 2015
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Waitemata Bowel Screening Pilot
Gaye Tozer
National Bowel Screening Programme Meeting
19 August 2015
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The screening pathway
• Multiple providers• Equity focus• Raising awareness• Invitation• Results reporting• The primary care role• Colonoscopy (CTC)• Surveillance & treatment
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Raising awareness(Health promotion and communications)
• the wider WDHB community• the eligible population• Maori, Pacific and Asian groups• primary care• other providers (symptomatic gastroenterology,
radiology, schedulers)
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The invitation
• Pre-populated register• Pre-invitation – invitation/test kit• Birth date driven• Outsourced collation and mail out• New Zealand Post• Information line
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Laboratory services
• Sample return processes• Sample analysis and reporting• Turn around time standards• “Spoilt” test kits
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Primary care role
• Supporting participation – dashboard/DrInfo• Contacting participants with positive result• Discussing implications• Referring for colonoscopy• Referral time standard• No role in negative results management• PHO liaison roles
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Colonoscopy
• Dedicated service• Telephone pre-assessment• Wait time standard• Volumes – then and now• Capacity• Relationship with symptomatic
service• Surveillance/treatment
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Achieving equity
• Maori & Pacific input at all levels• Equity focused reporting• Maori and Pacific staff• Consultation and advice• Collateral design• Community Health providers• Active follow up
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What have we learned?
• Health services are not mail houses• The design of forms/letters/pamphlets matters• New Zealand Post can provide a great service• GPs support the programme• Colonoscopy volumes can be a challenge• Telephone pre-assessment works well• Active follow up works• GPs use dashboard and DrInfo cont…
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…cont What have we learned?
• A strong quality framework plus constant audit and review is essential to the maintenance of standards
• Screening standards can lift the symptomatic performance
• Achieving equity requires focus and expertise• Communicate, communicate, communicate