§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many district health authorities have multidisciplinary teams capable of conducting clinical, radiological and histopathological diagnostic assessment of mammographic abnormalities.
§ Mr. HayhoeI regret that this information is not available centrally.
It is, however, part of the remit of Professor Sir Patrick Forrest's expert working group on breast cancer screening to consider the back-up services for the assessment of abnormalities that would be necessary to support any breast cancer screening service based on mammography.