§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report tables showing the numbers of patients taken on to treatment for renal dialysis according to regions in England, and the number of patients accepted per million of the population in European Community countries.
§ Mrs. CurrieAccording to data supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association for the year 1985, the information is as follows:
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Number of patients Rate per million population National Health Service regions in England Northern 140 45.2 Yorkshire 134 37.2 Trent 210 45.7 East Anglian 100 52.6 North West Thames 140 40.0 North East Thames 244 66.0 South East Thames 208 57.8 South West Thames 65 21.7 Wessex 69 24.6 Oxford 105 43.8 South Western 132 42.6 West Midlands 194 37.3 Mersey 82 34.2 North Western 170 42.5 European Community Countries Belgium 610 61.9 Denmark 221 43.2 France 2,366 42.9 Germany (Federal Republic) 3,635 59.4 Greece 573 57.9 Ireland 170 48.1 Italy 2,670 46.8 Luxembourg 19 52.1 Netherlands 711 49.3 Portugal 497 48.7 Spain 1,734 45.0 United Kingdom 2,427 43.1