Mr. Marsden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress Blackpool Primary Care Trust has made towards achieving its cancer screening targets in each year since 1997. [223129]
Mr. Bradshaw:
This information is set out in the following tables:
Breast screening programme: coverage of women aged 53-64 by specified organisations, at 31 March 1998 to 2007
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002( 2)
2003( 2)
2004( 2)
2005( 2)
2006( 2)
2007( 2)
North West Lancashire Health Authority
Eligible population(1)
41,205
41,787
42,111
42,460
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Number screened (less than 3 years since last adequate test)
27,116
28,647
29,787,
29,712
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Percentage coverage (less than 3 years since last adequate test)
65.8
68.6
70.7
70.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Blackpool PCT
Eligible population(1)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
11,088
11,138
11,024
10,846
10,800
10,790
Number screened (less than 3 years since last adequate test)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
8,073
8,462
8,287
7,645
8,143
6,513
Percentage coverage (less than 3 years since last adequate test)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
72.8
76.0
75.2
70.5
75.4
60.4
n/a = not available (1) This is the number of women in the registered population less those recorded as ineligible. (2) Data for 2003 to 2006 have been aggregated to match current primary care organisation boundaries and need to be treated as estimates. Data before 2003 are for health authority areas and are not directly comparable. Notes:
1. The coverage of the breast screening programme is the proportion of women resident and eligible that have had a test with a recorded result at least once in the previous 3 years.
2. Coverage of the screening programme is currently best assessed using the 53-64 age group as women may be first called at any time between their 50th and 53rd birthdays.
3. The breast screening programme covers women aged 50-64 but it was extended to invite women aged 65-70 in April 2001.
4. The last unit began inviting women aged 65-70 in April 2006 and full coverage should be achieved by 2008-09. Source:
KC63 The Information Centre for health and social care.
Cervical screening programme: coverage of women aged 25-64, for specified organisations, 31 March 1998 to 2007
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002( 2)
2003( 2)
2004( 2)
2005( 2)
2006( 2)
2007( 2)
North West Lancashire Health Authority
Eligible population(1)
111,823
111,967
111,560
111,362
111,451
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Number screened (less than 5 years since last adequate test)
92,018
91,373
91,727
91,295
91,473
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Percentage coverage (less than 5 years since last adequate test)
82.3
81.6
82.2
82.0
82.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Blackpool PCT
Eligible population(1)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
35,318
35,345
35,338
35,358
35,516
Number screened (less than 5 years since last adequate test)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28,053
27,708
27,087
26,615
26,620
Percentage coverage (less than 5 years since last adequate test)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
79.4
78.4
76.7
75.3
75.0
n/a = not available (1) This is the number of women in the resident population less those with recall ceased for clinical reasons. (2) Data for 2003 to 2006 have been aggregated to match current PCO boundaries and need to be treated as estimates. Data before 2003 are for health authority areas and are not directly comparable. Notes:
1. National policy for the cervical screening programme is that eligible women aged 25 to 64 should be screened every three or five years (women aged 25 to 49 are screened every three years, those aged 50 to 64 every five years).
2. Data prior to 2002 are estimates, original data were based on last test with a result, not last adequate test (as used currently) and have been adjusted to allow for this.
3. Data prior to 1999 has been revised from published data, to not exclude from the eligible population (denominator) women whose recall was ceased due to age or other non-clinical reasons. Source:
KC53 Parts A2 and A3 The Information Centre for health and social care
Cancer
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) population, (b) five year cancer survival rate and (c) NHS spending on cancer was in each cancer network in the most recent period for which figures are available. [223358]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The following table shows the latest estimated populations for each cancer network as of 10 Sep 2008 : Column 1879W
January 2008 and the national health service spending by population expenditure on cancer in 2006-07 for each cancer network.
Cancer network name
Estimated population
Expenditure by network population—2006-07(£000)
Lancashire and South Cumbria
1,513,734
133,275
Greater Manchester and Cheshire
3,026,670
274,357
Merseyside and Cheshire
2,013,727
187,023
Yorkshire
2,636,000
238,854
Humber and Yorkshire Coast
1,053,083
86,902
North Trent
1,772,905
148,830
Pan Birmingham
1,902,118
167,296
Arden
989,922
88,843
Mid Trent
1,622,313
160,503
Derby/Burton
694,250
58,756
Leicestershire Northants and Rutland
1,612,309
128,794
Mount Vernon
1,237,808
88,326
West London
1,829,803
117,649
North London
1,513,763
116,330
North East London
1,535,083
124,828
South East London
1,527,993
115,738
South West London
1,555,376
119,113
Peninsula
1,632,990
125,903
Dorset
698,684
67,531
Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire
1,879,525
145,581
3 Counties
1,035,537
76,604
Thames Valley
2,328,161
164,428
Central South Coast
1,950,651
151,874
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Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire
1,193,245
102,870
Sussex
1,154,727
89,722
Kent and Medway
1,624,863
124,839
Greater Midlands
1,882,323
151,263
North of England
2,995,948
270,834
Anglia
2,667,897
196,578
Essex
1,384,217
98,944
Source:
National Cancer Intelligence Network and the Department of Health
