Cervical Cancer: Screening
(asked on 19th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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.
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 |