§ Lord Dean of Beswickasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish their guidelines on tests for cervical cancer and how many district health authorities have observed them.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security (Baroness Trumpington)Revised guidelines were published in 1984 in the form of an English Health Circular HC(84)17 and a Welsh Health Circular HC(84)14 which were sent to all health authorities and other interested bodies and copies of which were placed in the Library. We are asking health authorities to examine urgently the adequacy of their present screening arrangements.