§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health (1) what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Hindhead district;
(2) what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Cranleigh, Surrey, district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonA screening service is now available through family doctors for some women in the Guildford area 113W which includes the Hindhead and Cranleigh districts, and the opening of a local authority clinic later this year should enable the service to be extended.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Deal district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe regional hospital board and the local authority hope that a screening service will be in operation by the autumn.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Oxford district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonFacilities for screening are available in the Oxford district. Over 1,000 women a month are being examined, mainly at hospital clinics but a service is also being provided through general practitioners, local authority clinics and the Family Planning Association.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Richmond and Twickenham district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe local authority clinic in Richmond provides a screening service for women in this area.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Bournemouth district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonA start has been made. I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 14th February by my hon. Friend to the hon. Member for Bournemouth West (Sir J. Eden).
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Gloucester district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonA service is available in the Gloucester district for gynaecological and obstetric patients. It is hoped to start routine screening for women without symptoms at local authority clinics later this year.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening 114W service is available to women at risk in the Portsmouth district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonAt present a diagnostic service only is provided, but a screening service will be started later this year when trained staff and additional laboratory space become available.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Amersham district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonFacilities for routine screening are available in the Amersham area through general practitioners.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Dunstable district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonDiagnostic facilities for women with symptoms are available, and some smears sent by general practitioners and local health authority clinics are being examined. It is hoped to provide a partial screening service for women without symptoms by the end of this year.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Bury St. Edmunds district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonA diagnostic service for women with symptoms is available in the Bury St. Edmunds Hospital. A partial screening service is expected to be provided later this year.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Croydon district.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe regional hospital board are considering what further laboratory accommodation and staff are required at Mayday Hospital to meet the needs of the local authority clinic which should be open later this year. A diagnostic service is already available for women with symptoms.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister, of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Burton-upon-Trent area.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonDiagnostic services are provided at present at Burton-on-Trent General Hospital; it is intended, 115W with extra laboratory space becoming available, to start a screening service later this year and to develop this into a full service next year.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in Bristol.
§ Mr. Paul Deanasked the Minister of Health what facilities are now available in the Bristol and Bath area for the cervical smear test; what categories of women can now have the test; and when he expects a full service to be available in this area.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe Bath area has facilities for routine screening for cervical cancer. Patients attending gynaecological and obstetric out-patient departments are tested and many smears are also taken at Family Planning clinics and by general practitioners.
In Bristol a similar service is available to hospital patients and those attending Family Planning clinics. Screening arrangements for other women are less advanced but laboratory facilities at Southmead Hospital are being expanded and smears are now taken at a local authority health centre. This will open the way to a full-scale screening service later in the year.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Surbiton area.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe regional hospital board is considering what further laboratory accommodation and staff are required at Kingston Hospital to meet the needs of the local authority clinic which is now being planned. A diagnostic service is already available for women with symptoms.
§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Health what cervical cancer screening service is available to women at risk in the Great Yarmouth area.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonA diagnostic service is available at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for women attending the gynaecological, ante-natal and post-natal clinics and a limited screening service based in local family planning clinics has started. It is hoped to extend the service116W to women examined at local health authority clinics and by general practitioners later this year.