§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the average waiting time for those awaiting National Health Service kidney treatment in the Merseyside regional health area at the latest date;
(2) how many people were on National Health Service waiting lists for kidney treatment in the Merseyside regional health area at the latest date.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on waiting lists and waiting times for treatment by kidney dialysis is not recorded centrally. The number of patients suffering from chronic renal failure who were awaiting a kidney transplant at 30 November 1983 within Mersey region was 92.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of kidney dialysis patients in the Merseyside regional health area at the latest date.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of patients undergoing treatment for chronic renal failure by dialysis within the Mersey region at 31 December 1981—the latest date for which information is available—was 165.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths by kidney disease have occurred in the Merseyside regional health area since 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. John PattenStatistics are not routinely available for the numbers of deaths which occurred in the area of the Merseyside regional health authority; but the numbers of persons who were usually resident in that area and who died of kidney disease were 347 in 1979; 310 in 1980; 341 in 1981; and 349 in 1982. The figures include a small number of deaths from diseases of the ureter.