§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has on the level of organ transplants in the United Kingdom and other comparable countries.
§ Mrs. CurrieAccording to information supplied by the United Kingdom transplant service, the number of organ transplant operations performed in the United Kingdom during 1986 was as follows:
Number Kidney (cadaveric donors for NHS-entitled patients only) 11,493 Heart 176 Heart/Lung 51 Liver 127 1 As notified to date. Provisional information on the number of heart, heart/ lung and liver transplant operations performed in Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands during 1986 has been provided by Eurotransplant and is as follows:
Heart Heart/Lung Liver Austria 32 3 130 Belgium 237 — 51 Germany 161 1 105 Netherlands 24 — 14 1 Includes 1 liver/kidney transplant. 2 Includes 1 heart/kidney transplant. Figures for the number of kidney transplant operations performed in other countries are not yet available for 1986. 1985 statistics have been made available by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association. These figures include living donor transplants and private operations and are therefore higher than those provided by UKTS for the United Kingdom. For selected European countries, 1985 information is as follows:
Total kidney transplants Patients treated per million population Austria 229 18.9 Belgium 290 29.4 Federal Republic of Germany 1,274 20.8 France 1,157 21.0 Netherlands 323 22.4 United Kingdom 1,549 27.5 For information on a more complete list of countries, my hon. Friend may wish to write to the EDTA at St. Thomas's hospital, London SE1.