About this item

Issue date:
28 May 2025
Status:
Current
Corporate Author:
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
Document date:
5 June 2024
Type:
Report, Strategies and plans
Topic:
Breast screening
Copyright status:

© Crown Copyright, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The Quality Improvement Review (the Review) of the national breast screening programme, BreastScreen Aotearoa (BSA) was commissioned by the Chief Executive of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) in May 2022. It assesses whether the arrangements for clinical safety and quality for the BSA programme are fit for achieving the objectives of the programme through 26 recommendations.

In response to those recommendations, the epidemiological review conducted as part of the Review, and input from partner providers and key stakeholders, Health New Zealand have developed an Action Plan to map out how those recommendations within the programme will be achieved. Pae Whakatere, chaired by Dr Nina Scott, will oversee the finalisation and delivery of the Action Plan.

BSA is New Zealand’s publicly funded, national breast screening programme offering asymptomatic women aged 45 to 69 years a free mammogram (x-ray of the breasts) every two years.

Download: BreastScreen Aotearoa Quality Improvement Action Plan April 2025 - PDF, 2.4 MB

Detailing progress on implementing the recommendations from the BreastScreen Aotearoa Quality Improvement Review - April 2025.

Download: BreastScreen Aotearoa Quality Improvement Action Plan June 2024 - PDF, 814 KB

Detailing progress on implementing the recommendations from the BreastScreen Aotearoa Quality Improvement Review - June 2024.