Written question asked by Peter Bottomley (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2008. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Aortic Aneurysm: Medical Treatments

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health at which level of the NHS a decision on whether to screen men in the West Sussex Primary Care Trust area for abdominal aortic aneurysms will be made.

Answer: The implementation of a national abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme for men aged 65 is currently under way. Six early implementation sites have been announced.One of these sites will be in West Sussex, based at the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust. Strategic health authority screening leads were asked to take a lead overview role, in developing plans which demonstrated how potential screening sites met the criteria required to be considered as an early implementation site. The final decision to include West Sussex was made by the Department's Vascular Programme Board.

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