HC Deb 18 March 2002 vol 382 cc171-2W
Mr. Watson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients died last year while on the waiting list for(a) heart, (b) heart and lung, (c) lung and (d) liver transplants; how many people are awaiting (i) kidney transplant, (ii) heart transplant, (iii) heart and lung transplant, (iv) lung transplant and (v) liver transplant; and how many organ transplants were carried out last year. [43309]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 14 March 2002]: The number of patients dying while on the United Kingdom organ transplant waiting list in 2001 are as follows:

Organ Number dying
(a) Heart 26
(b) Heart and lung 30
(c) Lung 35
(d) Liver 60

The number of patients active on the United Kingdom organ transplant waiting list at the end of 2001 are as follows.

Organ Number waiting
(i) Kidney 4,934
(ii) Heart 105
(iii) Heart and lung 72
(iv) Lung 241
(v) Liver 158

There were 2,717 solid organ transplants carried out in the UK in 2001. This figure includes all solid organs, including kidney and living donor transplants.

Mr. Watson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients died while waiting for an organ transplant in the last five years for which figures are available. [43310]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 14 March 2002]: The figures for patients dying while on the United Kingdom organ transplant waiting list in the last five years are as follows:

Number
1997 207
1998 217
1999 227
2000 189
2001 151

The figures for patients dying on the kidney waiting list (not necessarily from kidney failure) are only available from 2000 and the figures are as follows.

Number
2000 288
2001 230

The figures are not available broken down by local authority. A table of the figures broken down by region is as follows:

Region Number Percentage of population
Northern and Yorkshire 835,870 13.4
Trent 637,321 12.4
Eastern 806,534 15.3
London 910,432 12.9
South-east 1,401,383 16.4
South-west 916,436 18.7
West Midlands 641,611 12.1
North-west 920,939 13.9
Channel Isles and Isle of Man 5,225 2.5
England 7,088,436 14.3
Wales 474,722 16.3
Scotland 908,269 17.8
Northern Ireland 151,793 9.1
Not available 394,004 —
Total 9,022,479 15.3