Cancer Screening Services Consumer Survey

Overview

About this survey

The WA Department of Health is undertaking a review of cancer screening services as part of the Public Health Futures Project, a major initiative to review and improve public health services across the state. Cancer screens are health checks offered to people who may feel well, to help prevent cancer or find it early when treatment is more successful. There are four national cancer screening programs in Australia - breast, cervical, bowel and lung.

This short survey asks about your experience of cancer screening in WA, or – if you have not used screening services – your reasons for not participating. Your feedback will help improve how screening services are designed, communicated and delivered in the future.

The survey takes about 5 to 10 minutes to complete.

Your answers are anonymous. Some questions ask about your background to help us understand whether screening services work differently for different communities across WA.

Just a reminder: This survey is mostly about your experience with first‑step screening tests like breast screening mammograms, faecal occult blood (“poo”) tests, low‑dose CT scans or cervical screening (HPV) tests, which replaced the Pap test in 2017. 

Some questions may ask how easy it was to arrange follow‑up tests or procedures (such as biopsies or colonoscopies) if you needed one.  The survey does not ask about what happened during the follow-up tests themselves. 

If you need support

Some questions in this survey may bring up difficult feelings. If you feel upset or need someone to talk to, free and confidential support is available:

• Cancer Council WA – call 13 11 20 (Monday to Friday, 9 am–5 pm)
• 13YARN – call 13 92 76 (24 hours, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)

To begin the survey, click on the “Start Survey” link below.

To submit your response, you are required to press the “Submit Response” button on the final page of the survey.