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Health Act 1956

National Cervical Screening Programme - Review of NCSP and duty of Director-General to report

112O: Establishment of NCSP review committee

You could also call this:

"A group is formed to check and improve the National Cervical Screening Programme."

The Minister can set up a review committee to look at how the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) is working. You will have a committee that checks the NCSP and the evaluation activities, which are described in section 112T, to see how they are going. The committee must look at how to improve the NCSP to reduce the number of people getting cervical cancer.

The Minister must choose people for the committee who are not politicians, Ministry of Health workers, or people who evaluate screening programmes, as described in section 112U. The Minister must also make sure the people chosen do not have any conflicts of interest that could affect their work on the committee.

The Minister needs to pick people with the right skills and knowledge, including knowledge of cervical screening, so the review can be done quickly and efficiently. The Minister can decide how much the committee members get paid and what other benefits they receive, and can set any other conditions for their work.

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Part 4ANational Cervical Screening Programme
Review of NCSP and duty of Director-General to report

112OEstablishment of NCSP review committee

  1. The Minister may from time to time, and must at least once every 3 years, establish a review committee of up to 3 persons to review—

  2. the operation of the NCSP; and
    1. evaluation activities of the kind described in section 112T that have been carried out or are proposed to be carried out.

      1. The focus of a review committee must be the continuous quality improvement of components of the NCSP, with a view to reducing the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer.

      2. No person appointed to a review committee may be—

      3. a member of Parliament; or
        1. an officer or employee of the Ministry of Health; or
          1. a person who is, or has been, designated under section 112U as a screening programme evaluator; or
            1. a person who would have a material conflict of interest if appointed.

              1. In order to facilitate the review being carried out in a timely and efficient manner, the Minister must appoint persons who collectively have an appropriate balance of skills and knowledge, including knowledge of cervical screening.

              2. The Minister may appoint persons to the review committee—

              3. on terms and conditions as to remuneration and other benefits that are in accordance with the appropriate fees framework determined by the Government for statutory and other bodies; and
                1. on any other terms and conditions that the Minister considers appropriate.

                  Notes
                  • Section 112O: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 3).