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Cervical Screening System Fails Millions | Auckland News
A damning review reveals a major flaw in New Zealand’s cervical cancer screening system: nearly a million notifications missed or failed to send, risking delayed diagnoses. Launched in 2023 with HPV primary screening, the new national register has critical gaps — including an “NHI active rule” that ignores long-term non-users and address errors that block outreach. Even its priority-based cohorting system only reached the highest-risk group. With 48 urgent recommendations, Health New Zealand vows to fix data quality, ensure follow-up for abnormal results, and guarantee everyone eligible gets…
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