Written question asked by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 October 2007. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Thursday, 18 October 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Breast Cancer: Screening
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were screened for breast cancer per head of the population in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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The information requested is in the following table for 2005-06, the latest year for which figures are available. The figures are broken down by primary care trust (PCT) in Hertfordshire, along with figures for England. As the figures are for 2005-06, they are based on the previous PCT boundaries.
Primary care trust Eligible population¹ Number of women screened Coverage² (Percentage) Dacorum 10,220 8,104 79.3 Hertsmere 6,342 4,697 74.1 North Hertfordshire and Stevenage 12,671 9,932 78.4 Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford 5,745 3,494 60.8 South East Hertfordshire 13,212 10,040 76 St. Albans and Harpenden 9,228 6,927 75.1 Watford and Three Rivers 11,488 6,916 60.2 England 3,633,181 2,756,716 75.9 ¹ Although the breast screening programme now invites women aged 50 to 70, these figures cover women aged 53 to 64 as coverage of the programme is best assessed using this age range group as women may be first called at any time between their 50th and 53rd birthday depending on the logistics of the local programme. In addition, not all programmes had extended invitations to women aged 70 for the whole of 2005-06, although all had by the end of 2005-06. Eligible population is the number of women in the resident population less those recorded as ineligible. ² Less then three years since last test. Source: Breast Screening Programme England 2005-06 (National Statistics and the Information Centre).
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 157516; 464 c1207W
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Breast cancer Screening
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