• About Pap tests or Pap smears
• What is a Pap test?
• Where can I have a Pap test?
• When should I have Pap tests?
• How much do Pap tests cost?
• Pap test reminder letters
• Benefits of the Pap test
• What to expect for your first Pap test
• Tips to assist you
• Limitations of the Pap test
• Other tests
• Who should have Pap tests or Pap smears?
• The human papillomavirus (HPV)
• The cervical cancer vaccine
• Abnormal Pap test (or Pap smear) results and treatment
• Cervical cancer

Where can I have a Pap test?

Most General Practices offer Pap tests, as do many Community Health Centres and Aboriginal Health Services.

Doctors will either be able to take your Pap test, or direct you to someone in the clinic who can. There are also specially trained nurses who can take Pap tests, many of whom are female.

If you live in Victoria, visit our Pap test provider directory or call the Cancer Council Helpline on 13 11 20 to find your nearest doctor or nurse - you can search by suburb/town or postcode.

Both papscreen.org.au and the helpline also have information on where to find a female Pap test provider, languages spoken at each service, and whether bulk billing and disability access is available.

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