Cervical Cytology Recall Search

The Cervical Cytology Recall search is designed to find patients due for smear recalls, and excludes patients not eligible. Groups are created depending on whether the first, second or third recall letter is required.

• The search finds patients whose most recent smear recall date falls within the date range of the search (by default this is from five years ago to one month ahead). There must be a triggering Read code entered in recalls. The Read codes are pre-defined, these can be updated if required.
• This search looks for a patient's latest cervical smear result and the recall date attached to it, for example, last smear result 10/01/2016, with a recall due in January 2019.
• All ineligible patients are removed from this group and placed in one of four groups - hysterectomy / refusal / not needed / inappropriate.
• The remaining eligible patients are placed in one of four groups - first, second, third or fourth smear recall letter. Group names are automatically given.
• Recall letters can then be generated using the Patient Groups module.