Grampians Region Colonoscopy Optimisation Project
Grampians Region Colonoscopy Optimisation Project
This GICS team have received Federal Government funding to conduct a 12 month project to explore concordance with Clinical Practice Guidelines for timely access post a positive Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) result within the Grampians region, and to identify priority areas and activities to improve access to timeline colonoscopy.
The Project will have focus across three streams Patient, Primary Care, Tertiary Health Services perspectives and aims to:
- Streamline and expand referral pathways to improve equitable and timely access to colonoscopy for National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) participants
- Improve compliance on colonoscopy reporting to the National Cancer Screening Registry
- Reduce the stage of disease for patients at diagnosis through earlier detection of disease enabled by the NBCSP
Over the duration of the project we will be engaging with key stakeholders across the region to identity current issues across the streams, work through feasible solutions and to increase compliance to the National Cancer Screening Registry.
Last updated: December 2024
