§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many laser treatment centres for the treatment of cervical cancer there are in England and Wales; how many patients those centres have treated in the last five years for which figures are available; and what plans he has to increase provision of such centres.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is not available centrally. Lasers are one of a range of treatment options for pre-malignancies of the cervix and the provision of such treatment is a matter for individual health authorities.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average waiting time for women in England and Wales who have tests for cervical cancer to receive details of the test at the latest date.
§ Mrs. CurrieI regret that this information is not held centrally in the form requested.
Our target for laboratories is that they should hold no more than one month's work. Last month 157 Districts in England reported that they were meeting that target. Where backlogs do exist they are being tackled mainly by the recruitment and training of more staff.
Cervical cancer screening in Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women have died from cervical cancer in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1979.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is shown in the table.
Number of deaths registered to usual residents of (a) Liverpool Metropolitan District and (b) Merseyside Metropolitan County, with underlying cause of death as malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (ICD(9)1 180) 1979–85 Year Number of deaths (a) Liverpool (b) Merseyside 1979 27 74 1980 40 95 1981 37 98 1982 34 92 1983 35 89 1984 25 85 1985 31 94 1 International Classification of Diseases 9th revision.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women have died from cancer of the breast in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is shown in the table.
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Number of deaths registered to usual residents of (a) Liverpool Metropolitan District and (b) Merseyside Metropolitan County, with underlying cause of death as malignant neoplasm of female breast (ICD(8, 9)1 174) 1976–85 Year Number of deaths (a) Liverpool (b) Merseyside 1976 122 374 1977 162 380 1978 119 334 1979 143 351 1980 125 379 1981 112 353 1982 139 359 1983 144 404 1984 121 403 1985 132 374 1 International Classification of Diseases 8th and 9th revisions.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average waiting time for women in England and Wales who have had tests for breast cancer to be informed of the tests at the latest date.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services ( I) how many tests for cervical cancer have been made on women in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1979;
(2) if he will make a statement on the facilities provided for the screening of cancer of the breast at (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside; and if he will make a statement;
(3) if he will make a statement on the facilities for screening of cervical cancer in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside; and if he will make a statement;
(4) if he will make a statement on the facilities provided for the detection of cancer of the breast in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside; and if he will make a statement;
(5) how much has been spent by the National Health Service on cervical cancer in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside in each of the past five years;
(6) how much has been spent by the National Health Service on the screening of cancer of the breast in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside in each of the past five years;
(7) what in the average waiting time of women in Liverpool who have had tests for cervical cancer to receive details of the test; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CurrieI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.