Primary care registration requirements

You will need to complete a mandatory Introductory eLearning module CervicalCheck in Practice in Primary Care available on www.nssresources.ie prior to submitting your registration forms.

To enter into a contract with CervicalCheck to provide cervical screening services you must:

• Review the contract and contract acceptance forms on HSE Primary Contracting Webpage by clicking here  
• You can also contact our programme office via admin@cervicalcheck.ie or Tel: 061 406500, advising you are requesting to hold a contract with CervicalCheck.
• On receipt of the relevant information, you will be sent the relevant registration documents.
• Return the completed Contract Acceptance Form, Registration Form for Clinically responsible doctor, Health Professional registration form and requested training certificate to admin@cervicalcheck.ie
• If you are registering as a Clinic where your clinic holds a tax certificate in a company name you may wish to enter into an entities (clinic) contract. Please submit the following forms Registration form for a clinic in a Primary care setting and Primary Care Clinic /Centre Health Professional Registration Form
• Once the registration process has been completed, CervicalCheck will issue a confirmation email confirming your registration. Until you receive this email, you should not conduct any cervical screening tests.
• You will also be issued with documentation advising supplier details (laboratory, speculums and screening kits)

You can start taking samples once you receive your registration confirmation email from the administration office.

The following Health professionals can register as a Clinically Responsible Doctor:

• GP
• Medical or clinical director of a clinic in a primary care setting.

CervicalCheck contract with registered medical professionals - provides detailed information for medical practitioners and clinics on the terms and conditions of the contract and should be reviewed prior to signing contract acceptance form.

The contracted Doctor of a  registered practice / clinic will have clinical governance for all registered health professionals as per the contract for the provision of cervical screening.

It is the duty of the Clinically Responsible Doctor to ensure that all sample takers in their service are registered with the CervicalCheck programme, appropriately educated and competent prior to commencement of sample taking. 

They will also have clinical governance for all cervical screening tests taken by all registered health professionals in the practice.

All Clinically Responsible Doctor’s:

• must complete the mandatory introductory eLearning module CervicalCheck in Practice in Primary care available at www.nssresources.ie as part of the registration process.
• must complete a Clinical Update on our eLearning portal www.nssresources.ie every three years. 
• should complete a cervical screening education programme, click here for additional information or email STU@cervicalCheck.ie 

You must inform CervicalCheck in writing if you no longer wish to retain a contract with CervicalCheck at least 6 weeks before your retirement/ resignation date. admin@cervicalcheck.ie 

Please note you must not take screening tests 6 weeks prior to your retirement / resignation date – this is to allow screening samples to be processed and follow up care organised if required. 

All sample taking must be suspended in the practice until a new contract holder is registered and the practice has been advised of same by CervicalCheck.

If you are moving address or practice you must inform CervicalCheck via email at admin@cervicalcheck.ie 

Medical Practitioners who are employed by the HSE as Doctors in Charge may register with CervicalCheck and are deemed Clinically Responsible Doctors. They assume clinical governance of all samples taken in the practice and have responsibility for ensuring sample takers under their governance are registered with the CervicalCheck Programme. 

The same applies to  locums hired directly by the practice, i.e not HSE employees.