§ Mr. Woodward:To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organ transplants took place in (a) St. Helens and (b) Merseyside in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003. [142912]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson:The information requested is shown in the table.
Main operation; transplant operations—Liverpool, St. Helen's and Knowsley Health Authorities—treatment count of finished consultant episodes NHS hospitals, 2000–01 to 2002–03 St. Helen's and Knowsley Liverpool 2000–01 0 82 2001–02 0 80 2002–03 0 78 Notes:
Finished Consultant Episode (FCE):
- An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Grossing:
- Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001–02 and 2002–03 which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
Main operation:
- The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set, and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Department of Health.