HC Deb 16 October 1990 vol 177 c792W
89. Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many liver transplants were carried out in the United Kingdom in each year from 1979 to 1989.

Mr. Dorrell

According to information provided by the United Kingdom transplants service the number of liver transplants performed in NHS hospitals in the United Kingdom each year from 1982, the first year that figures were available, was as follows:

Numbers
1982 21
1983 20
1984 51
1985 88
1986 127
1987 172
1988 241
1989 295