HC Deb 30 January 1991 vol 184 cc553-4W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of tests for high cholesterol blood counts carried out, and the corresponding number of such tests requested, for each health board, for the latest available year.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The number of cholesterol tests carried out in each health board for the year ended 31 March 1990 is listed in the table. All such tests requested are carried out.

Cholesterol tests
Health board Number
Argyll and Clyde 13,301
Ayrshire and Arran 14,255
Borders 3,890
Dumfries and Galloway 4,741
Fife 7,042
Forth Valley 7,545
Grampian 15,087
Greater Glasgow 129,363
Highland 6,705
Lanarkshire 14,596
Lothian 27,234
Orkney 176
Shetland 190
Tayside 13,764
Western Isles 991
SCOTLAND 258,880