The University of Sydney

Centre for Disability Studies

One of the NSW Cervical Screening Program aims is to improve the quality of, and access to, cervical screening services provided by general practitioners to women with disabilities in NSW. Through an assessment of the literature and widespread consumer consultation, the NSW Cervical Screening Program identified that clinical guidelines for service providers who were caring for women with disabilities were not readily available. The NSW Cervical Screening Program formed a partnership with the Centre for Developmental Disability Studies, University of Sydney, to develop the guidelines and to design a small group learning activity for general practitioners to promote them.