| | Medical Laboratory World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | A labour MP has called upon the government to introduce better methods of diagnosing and screening iron-deficiency anaemia, which is affecting over 52% of pre-school children in UK’s inner cities. |
 | | Bob Laxton, MP for Derby North, in a parliamentary debate in January, presented figures on the high incidence of childhood anaemia to Health Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman. |
 | | Laxton argued that regular screening programmes need to be incorporated in primary care trusts in deprived areas including Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield and Bradford, where the incidence of early childhood anaemia is highest. |
| www.mlwmagazine.com /storyprint.asp?sc=2026761 (316 words) |