§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are currently awaiting a kidney transplant, a heart transplant, a heart and lung transplant, a lung transplant, a liver transplant and any other form of transplant; and what is the present supply situation for each of these categories.
§ Mr. DorrellAccording to information provided by the United Kingdom transplant service the number of patients awaiting transplants as at 11 February 1991 were:
Number Kidney 3,678 Pancreas 5 Kidney and pancreas 16 Heart 241 Lung 67 Heart and lung 225 Liver 69 Cornea 579 The number of organs retrieved for transplant were:
1989 1990 (provisional) Percentage change Kidney 1,923 1,932 <1 Heart 281 305 +9 Heart and lung 86 95 +10 Lung 31 51 +65 Liver 345 406 +17 Cornea 2,729 2,966 +9