HC Deb 20 November 1967 vol 754 cc240-1W
Mr. Moonman

asked the Minister of Health what was the number of cervical cancer tests performed in the urban district council areas of Basildon and Brentwood in 1966 and up to the latest date in 1967.

Mr. Snow

Information for local authority areas is not available, but at the two hospitals which largely serve these areas the figures are:

St. Andrew's Hospital Harold Wood Hospital
1966 10,416 1,502
1967 11,204 2,232
(to 9.11.67) (to 31.10.67)

Mr. Moonman

asked the Minister of Health what is the latest figure of women on the waiting list for cervical cancer tests in the urban district council areas of Basildon and Brentwood; and how this figure compares with those for the appropriate period in 1964, 1965 and 1966.

Mr. Snow

Details of waiting lists at local health authority clinics in the areas concerned, none of which was in operation before 1966, are as follows:

Brentwood Basildon
December, 1966 110 207
November, 1967 83 148