§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women(a) in England and (b) in the United Kingdom aged (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59 (iii) 60 to 64, (iv) 65 and, (v) 66 years or over were screened for breast cancer following an invitation from the national health service breast screening programme in each of the last five years; [26021]
(2) what percentage of women aged 65 years or over (a) in England and (b) in the United Kingdom were screened for breast cancer through the national health service breast screening programme at their own request or the request of their general practitioner, excluding women who are screened through the diagnostic service, in the latest year for which figures are available; [26023]
(3) how many women (a) in England and (b) in the United Kingdom aged: (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59, (iii) 60 to 64, (iv) 65 to 69, (v) 70 to 74, (vi) 75 to 79, (vii) 80 to 84 (viii) 85 years or over were screened for breast cancer through the national health service breast screening programme at their own request or the request of their general practitioner, excluding women who are screened through the diagnostic service, in each of the last five years. [26022]
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally in the form requested. The available information is shown in the tables.
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Breast cancer screening—number of women tested or screened as a result of self or CP referral Age 1992–93 1993–941 50–54 7,393 7,068 55–59 6,405 6,893 60–64 5,220 5,652 65–69 11,136 12,828 70–74 3.194 4,635 75 and over 636 892 1 Provisional data only.
Breast cancer screening—number of women tested or screened as a result of first invitation, or routine recall Age 1992–93 1993–941 50–54 310,028 324,239 55–59 302,167 314,387 60–64 279,605 291,090 65–69 28,700 29,922 70–74 1,053 187 75 and over 56 10 1 Provisional data only.
Percentage of women aged 65 and over tested or screened as a result of a GP or self referral 1992–93 1993–941 Percentage 0.33 0.44 1 Provisional data only.
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost per person screened on the national health service breast screening programme. [26025]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe estimated average cost per person screened under the national health service breast screening programme in England in 1993–94 was £27.
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount the national health service breast screening programme spends on screening women 65 years or over; and what percentage of the total budget this is. [26024]
§ Mr. SackvilleIt is estimated that in 1993–94 in England, about £1.4 million, representing 5 per cent, of the total breast cancer screening budget, was spent on testing women aged 65 years or over for breast cancer.