HC Deb 18 May 2000 vol 350 c243W
Angela Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received regarding the availability of qualified and experienced radiographers to undertake breast cancer screening. [120083]

Yvette Cooper

We are currently considering with the professional bodies the capacity and workforce of the breast screening programme, in view of the growing numbers of women eligible for breast screening as those born in the post-war years reach the age of 50.