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Smear test reminders not sent out

Title
Smear test reminders not sent out
Genre
Interview
TX Date
3 Feb 1994
Year of production
1994
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Duration
00:04:11
Description
John Spiers, Chairman of Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Family Health Services Authority, explains to Mark Phillips how nearly four thousand women had not been sent reminders to take a second cervical smear test. He says that, as chairman, he takes full responsibility. Hilary Stirland, Director of Public Health, says the women are at little risk.
Contributors
Mark Phillips; John Spiers; Hilary Stirland
Keywords
Health; Health services; Women; Clinical services (NHS); Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Pap smear; Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Family Health Services Authori

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