§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by regional health authority for the latest available year the number of patients who received balloon angioplasty, the initial success rate percentage and the percentage of patients returned to their doctors during the following six months with angina. [39489]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information is shown in the table.
The estimated number of finished consultant episodes for transluminal balloon angioplasty of the coronary artery in National Health Service hospitals in England for 1993–94: Region of treatment 1993–94 Northern 372 Yorkshire 1,059 Trent 570 East Anglian 333 North West Thames 943 North East Thames 658 South East Thames 1,364 South West Thames 381 Wessex 632 Oxford 250 South Western 268 West Midlands 769 Mersey 445 North Western 439 SHA's 503 England 8,986 Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics.