Cervical screening: disclosure of audit results toolkit
Guidance for staff involved in invasive cancer reviews for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme, covering disclosure of audit results and duty of candour.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
This toolkit consists of:
- guidance on disclosure of cervical screening history review results and applying duty of candour
- guidance on the review and classification of previous screening results
- a pathway description of the cancer audit process
- a pathway description of the disclosure offer process
- a pathway process for cytology slide reviews
- a pathway process for histology slide reviews
- a checklist for cervical screening provider lead (CSPL) actions
- a checklist for disclosing clinician actions
- patient information on the screening history review process
- a form for the patient to complete, indicating if they wish to receive the outcome of their review
The patient information leaflet is also available in A4 PDF format to print out and provide for people who cannot access digital information (see list above).
The patient review results response form is provided in PDF format on this page to print out.
An e-learning module on disclosure of audit results and duty of candour is available for health care professionals involved with providing audit results to members of the public.
This publication was originally published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.
Updates to this page
Last updated 26 September 2024 + show all updates
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Added clarification that publication was originally published by Public Health England.
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Addition of plain A4 PDF version of patient information for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.
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Link added to e-learning module on disclosure of audit results and duty of candour (see details section, and sections 5 and 8 of the guidance on disclosure of cervical screening history review results and applying duty of candour).
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First published.