§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when his Department's report on the cervical cytology services in Scotland will be(a) published and (b) implemented.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe report of a working group set up by the scientific services advisory group of the Scottish Health Services Planning Council was issued to health boards on 10 December 1987. I have placed in the Library a copy of the report and of the Scottish Home and Health Department's letter of the same date asking health boards to review their cervical cytology services and establish by the end of 1988 a computerised call and recall system which will ensure that all women in the age range 20 to 60 receive an invitation to attend for a smear test by 1993.