§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1982(a) the number of people receiving kidney dialysis treatment and (b) the number of people who have received kidney transplants.
§ Mrs. CurrieAccording to information supplied by the European dialysis and transplant association registry, the number of patients treated on all forms of dialysis on 31 December in each year since 1982 was as follows:
Number of patients treated in United Kingdom Year Number 1982 4,751 1983 5,156 1984 5,661 1985 6,381 1986 16,890 1 Provisional data. Statistics provided by the United Kingdom Transplant Service on the number of cadaveric kidney transplants performed with the National Health Service in the calendar years from 1982 are as follows: 57W
Kidney transplants with the National Health Service Year Number 1982 1,033 1983 1,144 1984 1,443 1985 1,336 1986 1,493
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when the report by Sir Raymond Hoffenberg about the kidney transplant service will be released; and if he will make a statement about the delay in its release.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe have been considering this report carefully, and hope to publish it shortly.