§ Mr. Temple-Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services as to kidney transplant programmes in the United Kingdom what are the (i) five-year and (ii) 10-year survival rates of patients after (a) first cadaver graft and (b) subsequent cadaver grafts.
§ Mr. WhitneyI regret that information on patient survival following a kidney transplant is not readily available. However, information provided by the United Kingdom transplant service shows that rates for the continuing functioning of a cadaveric kidney transplanted before 1980 are as follows:
5 year per cent. 10 year per cent. First transplant 34.5 25.2 Second transplant 28.8 18.9 Indications are that rates have improved significantly since 1980 following the introduction of the immuno-suppressant drug Cyclosporin A. Patients whose transplanted kidney fails are normally then treated by dialysis.