HC Deb 22 April 1991 vol 189 c342W
Mr. Jopling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects a breast cancer screening programme to become operational in the South and East Cumbria health authorities' areas.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Screening will begin in South Cumbria at Barrow in June 1991 and in East Cumbria at Carlisle in September 1991. All eligible women should have received their first screening invitation by 1993.

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