§ 16. Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Health what are the obstacles to the establishment of complete and effective regional cancer records bureaux; and which regions are still below the desirable level of registration.
§ Miss PittThis is one of many developments competing for available resources. All regions undertake registration, but the ultimate aim of completeness has nowhere been reached.
§ Mr. BoydenWhy is it that the hon. Lady's colleagues are always saying that there are adequate funds available for cancer research when here are vital statistics which would go a long way towards making cancer research reliable? Why is not the strong effort which her own Chief Medical Officer 18 recommended in his last annual report being followed?
§ Miss PittThis expenditure is a matter for the individual hospital boards. We consider it important that the National Cancer Registration Scheme should cover all cases of cancer treated in hospitals, and on 22nd November last my right hon. Friend asked all hospital authorities to make further efforts to achieve complete registration. We propose to review the situation in June.