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Chlamydia: Screening

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008

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Mr. Kemp

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women in the North East Region were screened by each local chlamydia screening programme in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. (181549)

Dawn Primarolo

The information requested is given in the following tables.

Number of chlamydia screens undertaken in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) by sex and programme area from April 2005 to March 2006

Programme area—Durham and Teeside

Female

2,816

Male

1,677

Total

4,493

Note:

Northumberland Tyne and Wear programme area started screening after March 2006.

Number of chlamydia screens undertaken in the NCSP by sex and programme area from April 2006 to March 2007

Programme area

Female

Male

Total

Durham and Teeside

3,327

1,899

5,226

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

759

446

1,205

Notes:

1. The data from the NCSP are for chlamydia screens undertaken outside of genitor-urinary medicine clinics.

2. The data available from the NCSP are the number of screens undertaken and not the number of patients screened.

3. The data describe screens, not contacts of positives.

4. The data only include those aged < 25.

5. The data are specific to the following years 2005-06, 2006-07, as the NCSP follows the financial year.

Source:

The NCSP Data as of 24 January 2008.