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Written question asked by Mark Simmonds (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2008. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Aortic Aneurysm: Screening

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much central Government funding has been allocated to the introduction of the abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme;
Answer

£3 million has been allocated from central departmental budgets for the implementation of the abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme in 2008-09.Estimates of future costs were included in the impact assessment of a national screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm. A copy has been placed in the Library and is available at:"http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsLegislation/DH_086050"A summary of (undiscounted) costs for the first five years is shown in the following table (page 14 of the impact assessment).

Summary costs, not discounted
£ million
Screen at 65
Phased Immediate Maximum
2008-09 7.86 36.17 40.69
2009-10 13.74 26.13 31.46
2010-11 20.15 28.56 34.44
2011-12 29.72 33.51 40.20
2012-13 38.17 35.36 41.84

More detailed cost estimates can be found in annex 4 of the published impact assessment.The total annual cost of the programme to the national health service is estimated to build up to approximately £38 million by the fifth year of the phased implementation, and then to average approximately £28 million per year over the following 15 years. Estimates by primary care trust are not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
483 c2052W; 238489
Session
2007-08
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2008-2912
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Screening Aortic aneurysm
Link
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