The Department of Health has complied with the rules relating to the procurement of the National Cancer Screening Register (NCSR) but it could do a little better in keeping conflict of interest records, an Auditor-General's report has found.

The awarding of the contract to Telstra Health – originally worth $178.3 million but later revised up to $220m over five years – has proved controversial, and earlier this year the issue heated up again when it was announced that the project would not go live as planned on March 20 for bowel screening and May 1 for cervical screening.