§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what arrangements are made in the Eccles constituency, the city of Salford, the greater Manchester and the North West region for cervical cancer smear tests for women up to the age of 30 years, 30 to 40 years, 40 to 50 years, 50 to 60 years and over 60 years of age; and if he will provide the figures for these tests and these age groups for 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and any later figures; what new proposals on these tests have been made by the North West health authority; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 3 February 1987, c. 583]: Services for testing operate throughout the North Western region. The location of testing laboratories and the number of tests carried out by each in 1975, 1980 and 1985 is as follows:
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1975 1980 1985 Lancaster District Health Authority Lancaster Moor hospital 2,628 3,195 4,844 Blackpook, Wyre and Fylde District Health Authority Blackpool Victoria hospital 4,658 6,255 10,779 Preston District Health Authority Preston Royal infirmary 3,094 7,383 7,160 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley District Health Authority Blackburn Royal Infirmary 6,745 8,976 13,442 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale District Health Authority Burnley general hospital 4,311 5,160 6,510 West Lancashire District Health Authority Ormskirk and District general hospital 2,913 3,057 3,760 Bolton District Health Authority Bolton general hospital 7,117 8,263 12,969 Bury District Health Authority Bury general hospital 7,716 5,365 7,469 North Manchester District Health Authority North Manchester general hospital 3,245 4,523 4,160 Central Manchester District Health Authority St. Mary's hospital 17,034 12,954 15,322 South Manchester District Health Authority Wythenshawe hospital 1,333 2,245 2,814 Christie hospital and Holt Radium Institute 183 ,303 220,029 252,123
1975 1980 1985 Withington hospital 3,612 — — Oldham District Health Authority Oldham and District general hospital 9,318 10,402 11,312 Rochdale District Health Authority Birch Hill hospital — — 11,801 Rochdale infirmary 6,352 9,563 — Salford District Health Authority Hope hospital 2,714 4,034 4,295 Stockport District Health Authority Stepping Hill hospital 4,076 5,681 8,760 Tameside and Glossop District Health Authority Tameside general hospital 7,021 7,584 13,060 Trafford District Health Authority Altrincham general hospital 811 911 — Wigan District Health Authority Royal Albert Edward infirmary 5,087 6,953 7,946 North Western Regional Health Authority Total 283,088 332,533 398,526 Information is not held centrally on the age distribution of patients tested or on number of tests done by individual laboratories in 1970, but the regional total for that year was 192,515 tests.
All district health authorities in the North Western region will have computerised patient call-up and recall systems by April 1988.