§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) screening and (b) non-screening pilot schemes his Department has established since May 1997; and how many have now been completed and (i) rolled out nationally, (ii) given a timetable for national roll out and (iii) placed under review subject to further consideration of their findings. [5813]
§ Yvette CooperSince 1997, the Department has run six screening pilots. These are screening for chlamydia (under review), colorectal cancer (in progress), universal neonatal hearing screening (in progress), using liquid based cytology and human papilloma virus testing in cervical screening (in progress), extending the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme to older women (completed and being implemented) and developing new ways of working in the NHS Breast Screening Programme (in progress). Information on all forms of non-screening pilot programmes could be provided only at disproportionate cost.