HC Deb 04 February 1994 vol 236 c962W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 20 January,Official Report, column 759, if he will make it his policy to monitor centrally the amount of time taken to notify women of the results of their cervical smear tests within each health board area.

Mr. Stewart

Yes. The new national co-ordinating unit for cervical screening which is being set up, following the recommendations of the Inverclyde inquiry report, will monitor the achievement of the targets set for health boards on this programme.