§ Dr. OwenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average cost per head of breast cancer screening and cervical cancer screening.
§ Mrs. CurrieExpenditure on cervical cancer screening is not separately identified in health authority accounts. It has been estimated that the average cost of taking and examining a cervical smear is about £10. It is estimated that, based on the economic appraisal in the Forrest report, the average revenue cost per woman screened by mammography for breast cancer is about £14 including, where necessary, the cost of assessment and diagnosis.