§ 63. Sir G. Nicholsonasked the Minister of Health if he will state the sums allocated by each region for the training of technicians to undertake smear tests for cervical cancer.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonRegional hospital boards have been advised to provide these testing facilities as part of the hospital pathology services, and to train the required staff. Details of the sums being142W spent in each region specifically in training technicians in cytology are not separately available.
§ 64. Sir G. Nicholsonasked the Minister of Health whether he will seek to make special grants to regions earmarked for the training of technicians to under take smear tests for cervical cancer.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI have not earmarked special funds for this purpose in my allocations to Regional Hospital Boards since it is for them to decide how their revenue allocations, which are reviewed and increased each year, should be spent. Regional Hospital Boards have been asked to give special consideration to the development of this service.