§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he plans legislation further to control private clinics offering cancer screening facilities.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe are considering the issues involved in ensuring that users can be confident of private screening services, including the possibility of statutory control. Meanwhile we welcome the steps the private sector is taking to devise guidelines for the accreditation of, and quality assurance in, clinics and laboratories offering cancer screening services.