§ Mr. BoatengTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list by district the screening and counselling centres for sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia; how many counsellors work from each centre; and whether they are engaged full-time or part-time.
§ Mrs. CurrieIt is for district health authorities to decide the resources to be devoted locally to these inherited blood disorders in the light of local needs and competing priorities. Detailed information about screening and counselling centres is not held centrally but I understand that there are counselling centres in the following districts:
- Brent
- Birmingham
- City and Hackney
- Haringey
- Islington
- Lambeth
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Newham
- Nottingham
- Southwark
- Waltham Forest