HC Deb 19 December 1985 vol 89 cc324-5W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services further to his answer of 9 December, Official Report, columns 490 and 491, to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras, if he will list those authorities which are running call and recall schemes for cervical cancer screening and those which plan to provide them.

Mr. Hayhoe

The information is as follows:

  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Barnsley
  • Bristol and Weston
  • Camberwell
  • Central Manchester
  • Cheltenham and District
  • Chichester
  • Croydon
  • East Berkshire
  • Enfield
  • Exeter
  • Gloucester
  • Harrogate
  • Isle of Wight
  • Kettering
  • Mid-Downs
  • Milton Keynes
  • Northampton
  • North Bedfordshire
  • North Derbyshire
  • North Devon
  • North Manchester
  • North Staffordshire
  • North Tees
  • Plymouth
  • Portsmouth and South East Hampshire
  • Rochdale
  • Rotherham
  • 325
  • Salford
  • South Bedfordshire
  • South Manchester
  • South Tees
  • Stockport
  • Torbay
  • Winchester
  • Worthing Wycombe

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information is available within his Department on times taken by pathology laboratories to process cervical smears.

Mr. Hayhoe

Very little, as this is a matter for local management.