The information requested is not available in the format requested. However, data for the national health service screening programme: coverage of women aged 53-64 for Staffordshire based primary care trusts (PCTs), at 31 March 2003 to 2007 has been set out in the following table.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 North Staffordshire PCT1 Eligible population2 16,178 16,322 16,480 16,690 16,885 Women screened (less than 3 years since last test) 12,291 12,902 12,971 13,404 13,654 Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) (percentage) 76.0 79.0 78.7 80.3 80.9 South Staffordshire PCT1 Eligible population2 45,554 46,029 46,623 47,245 48,008 Women screened (less than 3 years since last test) 37,594 35,493 36,721 36,857 39,364 Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) (percentage) 82.5 77.1 78.8 78.0 82.0 1 Data prior to March 2007 have been mapped to the current PCT structure 2 This is the number of women in the registered population less those recorded as ineligible 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 three 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 50 and 53 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.
Uptake of cervical screening is not measured as women make their own appointments following receipt of a reminder letter. Therefore, to provide consistency all the figures given as follows are for coverage rather than uptake.
The national standard for breast screening coverage is 70 per cent. and the national standard for cervical screening coverage is 80 per cent. The following tables give coverage figures for the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT), which covers Tamworth, as at 31 March 2007 for breast and cervical screening.
Eligible population1 Women screened (less than 3 years since last test) Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) (%) West Midlands SHA 395,515 311,203 78.7 South Staffordshire PCT2 16,885 13,654 80.9 1 This is the number of women in the registered population less those recorded as ineligible. 2 Data prior to March 2007 have been mapped to the current PCT structure. 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 three 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.
Eligible population 1 Coverage (less than 3.5 yrs since last adequate test) (%) Coverage (less than 5 years since last adequate test) (%) West Midlands SHA 1,350,787 71.2 79.3 South Staffordshire PCT2 148,521 76.6 82.4 1This is the number of women in the resident population less those with recall ceased for clinical reasons. 2 Data prior to March 2007 have been mapped to the current PCT structure. Note: 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). Source: KC53 Parts A2 and A3, the Information Centre for health and social care.