The National Screening Unit (NSU) engaged Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd (HOI) to
conduct an independent evaluation of the implementation of digital mammography (DM) at
Breast Screen Waitemata and Northland (BSWN). The overarching purpose of the evaluation was
to assist the NSU to consider options for the managed introduction of DM into the BreastScreen
Aotearoa (BSA) screening programme, and any implications for national policy and quality
standards that this introduction may have.
This systematic review was conducted to estimate the level of increased breast cancer among women with defined risk factors as requested by the National Screening Unit (NSU), Ministry of Health.
A key objective of the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) is to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer by detecting precancerous high grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions (HSIL). Monitoring trends in HSIL detection is critical to understanding the epidemiology of cervical cancer in New Zealand and to evaluating the performance of the NCSP.