HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 c793W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of women receiving smear tests by region for the latest available year and the percentage of those who develop carcinomas before their recall ; and what is the recall period for each region.

Mr. Sackville

The number of women receiving smear tests by region for the latest available year is shown in the table. Information on interval cancers is not available centrally. District health authorities screen on at least a five yearly basis, though others screen more frequently in accordance with local health circumstances and priorities. Information on the frequency of screening by DHA is not currently routinely collected.

Response to invitations, all ages, by Regional Health Authority 1991–92
Regional Health Authority Number invited Screened
England Total 2,162,443 1,030,672
Northern 168,160 97,523
Yorkshire 113,454 67,377
Trent 208,265 124,192
East Anglia 104,557 66,310
North West Thames 139,761 40,634
North East Thames 204,111 43,733
South East Thames 138,091 42,363
South West Thames 172,637 74,514
Wessex 108,242 56,165
Oxford 104,223 64,028
South Western 152,279 92,138
West Midlands 294,017 146,145
Mersey 87,631 36,862
North Western 167,015 78,688

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