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Number of tests in the review period
		2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT	5QA	53,209	52,752	53,509
Ashford PCT	5LL	8,462	8,669	8,723
Canterbury and Coastal PCT	5LM	12,869	11,879	12,475
East Kent Coastal PCT	5LN	16,916	17,113	17,276
Shepway PCT	5LP	7,435	7,211	7,393
Swale PCT	5L4	7,527	7,880	7,642
Note: Unable to identify 25 to 64-year-olds Source: KC53 part C3 The Information Centre

Number invited for screening
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT	5QA	Total all ages	61,812	58,610	61,358
		Of which:
		25-64	51,716	52,917	56,199
Ashford PCT	5LL	Total all ages	9,660	9,559	9,706
		Of which:
		25-64	8,386	8,708	9,015
Canterbury and Coastal PCT	5LM	Total all ages	16,702	13,438	14,991
		Of which:
		25-64	13,041	11,907	13,523
East Kent Coastal PCT	5LN	Total all ages	20,488	18,885	19,419
		Of which:
		25-64	17,541	17,139	17,882
Shepway PCT	5LP	Total all ages	8,675	8,037	8,478
		Of which:
		25-64	7,528	7,298	7,806
Swale PCT	5L4	Total all ages	6,287	8,691	8,764
		Of which:
		25-64	5,220	7,865	7,973
Note: Data prior to 2004-05 re-used with the permission of the Department of Health Source: KC53 part B The Information Centre

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of progress by NHS organisations in rolling out the new screening procedure for cervical cancer. [124398]

Ms Rosie Winterton: When the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published their technology appraisal on liquid based cytology (LBC) in October 2003, we estimated that it would take five years for full implementation across the national health service as all staff who take and read cervical screening samples have to be retrained in the new technique.

By the end of March 2007, 83 per cent. of laboratories in England will have converted to LBC. The rate of inadequate tests (where the cervical sample cannot be read and analysed) in England fell from
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9 per cent. in 2004-05 to 7.2 per cent. in 2005-06 as a direct result of the ongoing roll-out of LBC. We would expect these to fall to between 1 and 2 per cent. with full implementation. This will mean that around 300,000 women a year will not have to go through the anxiety and discomfort of being retested, and the NHS will not have to use resources to undertake these tests.

Community Hospitals

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2006, Official Report, columns 1269-70W, on community hospitals, what the outcome of her Department’s assessment of the bids was; whether her Department has received further bids for capital funding of community hospitals; which primary care trusts have submitted each bid; what the value of each bid is; which community hospitals each bid relates to; and if she will make a statement. [112418]

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Andy Burnham [pursuant to the reply, 26 February 2007, Official Report, c. 110-11W]: On 21 December we announced that we would fund four of the 10 schemes that were submitted for consideration as part of wave one of the community hospitals and services programme. Decisions about three schemes in wave one are still outstanding, two schemes were withdrawn by strategic health authorities and one did not meet the criteria.

25 schemes have been submitted in wave two and the total funding requested is £235.74 million. Not all the schemes submitted affect community hospitals as the intention of the programme is to support any capital scheme that delivers care in settings that are more convenient for patients, this includes for example one stop primary care centres and healthy living parks. A number of the schemes create new facilities that do not affect existing community hospitals.

Strategic health authority	PCT	Amount requested from DH (£ million)	Scheme
South central	Southampton City	6.079	Redevelopment of Royal South Hampshire hospital
East of England	Suffolk	1.76	Redevelopment of Felixstowe Community hospitals
London	Barking and Dagenham	5	Redevelopment of Barking hospital
London	Richmond and Twickenham	3.98	New health and social care centre in Teddington adjoining the Teddington Memorial hospital
North East	Hartlepool	7.25	New primary care centre in Hartlepool
North East	Berwick upon Tweed	24.7	New community hospital in Berwick
Yorkshire and Humber	Calderdale Kirklees	12.91	Redevelopment of number of sites in and around Huddersfield
Yorkshire and Humber	North Yorkshire and York	3.65	New community campus on the site of the Selby War Memorial hospital
Yorkshire and Humber	North East Lincolnshire	1.427	New primary care centre in Grimsby
Yorkshire and Humber	Rotherham	0.961	New primary care centre in Rotherham
East Midlands	Nottinghamshire County	1.149	Redevelopment of Ashfield hospital
South East Coast	Hastings and Rother	12	New health care centre in Hastings
South West Peninsula	Gloucestershire	13.23	New community services facilities in Bourton and Moreton
South West Peninsula	Gloucestershire	6.46	New facilities for community services in Berkley Vale
South West Peninsula	Gloucestershire	0.25	Refurbishment at the Cirencester hospital
South West Peninsula	Gloucestershire	1.1	Refurbishment at the Stroud hospital
South West Peninsula	South Gloucestershire	16.99	New community hospital in Kingswood
South West Peninsula	Bath and North East Somerset	6.51	New primary and community care centre in Keynsham
South West Peninsula	North Somerset	15.13	Redevelopment of Clevedon hospital
South West Peninsula	Somerset	15.32	Redevelopment of South Petherton hospital
South West Peninsula	Wiltshire	17.85	Redevelopment of Chippenham hospital
South West Peninsula	Wiltshire	32.92	New primary care centre in Salisbury
South West Peninsula	Wiltshire	11.6	New primary care centre in Salisbury
South West Peninsula	Bournemouth and Poole	7.17	New community hospital in Boscombe
South West Peninsula	Torbay	10.34	Redevelopment of Brixham hospital
Total		235.74

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