Aortic Aneurysm
Health
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Andrew MacKinlay (Thurrock, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) hospitals and (b) general practices provide ultra sound screening for aortic aneurysms, with particular reference to screening for men over 60 years old; and if he will make a statement.
Ann Keen (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Brentford & Isleworth, Labour)
Information about the number of hospitals and general practices providing ultra sound screening for aortic aneurysms is not held centrally.
Since the ministerial announcement in January 2008 of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme for men aged 65, six early implementation sites are now offering screening to national standards. These are: West Sussex, Leicester, Gloucester, South Manchester, South Devon and Exeter, and South West London.
Full implementation of the screening programme across England is expected by the end of 2012-13.