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Written question asked by Helen Hayes (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 22 March 2019 (named day). It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Friday, 22 March 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current average time is for cervical screening results in each laboratory linked to each NHS Trust and Foundation Trust in London; and what the average waiting time for those results is in England.

Answer

The latest published data for 2017/18 indicated that 58.6% of women received the results of their test within 14 days; 23% of women were waiting over three weeks.

The 2017/18 data indicates that 69.6% of women across London received their cervical screening results within 14 days. The following table shows the average waiting time for cervical screening results in laboratories linked to each National Health Service trust and foundation trust in London:

Cytology Lab

Average waiting time (days)

Northwick Park (London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust)

22

Viapath (Guy’s and St Thomas’)

28

Barts

42

Imperial

15

Queen’s (Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust)

35

Princess Royal University Hospital

28

St George’s

30

Health Services Laboratory (North Central London)

22

St Helier

No Response

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
234242
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Cervical cancer Standards Screening
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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