§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the number of renal transplant 222W operations carried out in: (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of kidney transplant operations performed in National Health Service hospitals has been as follows:
(a)England (b)United Kingdom 1984 1,203 1,443 1983 919 1,144 1982 887 1,070 1981 752 905 1980 821 988 Note:
Figures for 1980–82 have been supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. Figures for 1983–84 are provisional totals supplied by the United Kingdom Transplant Service.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the annual acceptance rate per million of total population of new renal patients for treatment in (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how those figures compare with such comparable figures as are available to him for each of the member countries of the European Community over the same period.
§ Mr. John PattenFollowing are figures supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EDTA) for the annual acceptance rate per million population for new renal patients in the United Kingdom and other member states of the European Community from 1979 to 1983:
New renal patients receiving treatment per million population 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 United Kingdom 22.0 24.5 27.1 29.5 33.0 Belgium 48.2 41.5 48.4 39.6 61.0 Denmark 25.7 28.8 37.1 26.9 40.4 Federal Republic of Germany 37.0 44.5 49.7 44.0 55.8 France 36.1 42.6 42.3 30.9 44.3 Greece 26.7 20.8 31.6 18.8 40.8 Ireland 16.2 22.2 25.2 19.4 24.2 Italy 31.9 34.2 43.1 33.8 45.5 Luxembourg 62.5 47.5 32.5 47.5 72.5 Netherlands 26.8 32.4 34.8 27.4 45.7 Note: —
Figures are taken from EDTA published annual returns, although United Kingdom figures have been revised to take account of late returns. England data on a comparable basis are not readily available, but figures could be expected to be very similar to those for the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of renal patients on (a) hospital dialysis, (b) home dialysis and (c) peritoneal dialysis in (i) England and (ii) the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John PattenAccording to information supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, the number of renal patients on dialysis in (i) England and (ii) the United Kingdom from 1978 to 1982 was as follows: 223W
Number of patients on treatment at 31 December 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 (i) England (a) Hospital dialysis 796 902 1,005 1,114 1,226 (b) Home dialysis 1,606 1,716 1,758 1,858 1,911 (c) Peritoneal dialysis 103 193 421 764 1,024 (ii) United Kingdom (a) Hospital dialysis 1,011 1,127 1,241 1,373 1,490 (b) Home dialysis 1,872 2,022 2,064 2,162 2,218 (c) Peritoneal dialysis 114 229 520 907 1,225