§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any National Health Service hospitals in Scotland are using ultrasonic scanning techniques in preference to X-ray methods to detect breast cancer; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John MacKayResearch is still being carried out into the use of ultrasonic scanning techniques to detect breast cancer, and the process is not used as a matter of routine in any NHS hospitals in Scotland.