Triage
SECONDARY
It is the responsibility of the ordering clinician to organise the referral for colposcopy for women with positive test results for high-risk HPV. A standardised pro-forma letter is sent to the colposcopy department at the regional hospital including usual clinical referral information and stating that the woman is part of this study.Referring all women with positive test results for high-risk HPV straight to colposcopy would increase the number of unnecessary colposcopies, potentially overwhelming the secondary service. To mitigate this, a triage system has been co-developed between the researchers, the colposcopy service at the regional hospital, and the Ministry of Health (Figs 