§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the source of the information in her answer of 4 November, Official Report, column 452, that 235 pacemaker leads have been replaced;
(2) who runs the national pacemaker database and register;
(3) pursuant to her answer of 2 December, Official Report, column 700, what is the explanation for the different figures for the number of pacemaker leads fitted in that answer and in the answer given on 4 November 1993, Official Report, column 452.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe figure of 235 replacement pacemaker leads was obtained from the national pacemaker database—NPD—which is managed by Dr. A. F. Rickards, consultant cardiologist, at the Royal Brompton heart and lung hospital.
The NPD is continually being updated and the figures referred to on 2 December 1993 reflect the updated situation.