§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which National Health Service hospitals in the Trent regional health authority at present have whole body scanner facilities; when the equipment was installed in each case; which hospitals it is planned to provide with such facilities as new or to replace obsolete facilities in the next 12 months; and which hospitals have paid for equipment in whole or part from voluntary and charitable sources.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is given in the table.
cent. and the cervical cytology screening target of 80 per cent. are still figures open for negotiation as part of the general practitioners' contract.
§ Mr. MellorWe have no intention of changing our policy that coverage levels should be raised to 90 per cent. for childhood immunisation and 80 per cent. for cervical cancer screening. For childhood immunisation, this is the level recommended by the WHO, which this Government have adopted.
We have agreed with the general medical services: committee's negotiators that we will make target payments to GPs who achieve those levels. We will also make target payments at one third of the value of the higher payments to GPs who achieve lower target coverage levels; the lower levels will be 70 per cent. coverage for childhood immunisation and 50 per cent. coverage for cervical cancer screening.