HC Deb 27 June 1995 vol 262 c561W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when each EEC country brought in blood test screening for hepatitis C. [30467]

Mr. Sackville

European Community countries introduced testing for the hepatitis C virus at various times. We do not have information on the details. Screening was introduced in the United Kingdom in September 1991 when satisfactory kits became available, together with confirmatory tests.

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