§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list, for each regional health authority in order of frequency, the total numbers of operations performed in each of the following categories in the latest year for which figures are available(a) kidney transplant operations (h) hip replacement operations, (c) heart surgery upon infants, (d) cataract operations, (e) male and female sterilisations and (f) terminations of pregnancy;
(2) what information he has concerning the average National Health Service waiting times in each regional health authority for operations in each of the following categories (a) kidney transplant operations, (h) hip replacement operations, (c) heart surgery upon infants, (d) cataract operations, (e) male and female sterilisations and (f) terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 24 February 1988]: The total number of kidney transplants performed in 1987, by region, in which the operation was carried out according to information provided by the Unite Kingdom transplant service, is given in table I. Information on waiting times for kidney transplants is not collected centrally.
Table 2 shows, for the remaining categories, the numbers of patients operated on in National Health Service hospitals in England during 1985 (the latest year for which the figures are available) and the median waiting times, in weeks, of those admitted from a hospital waiting list. These were estimated from a 10 per cent. sample of anonymised hospital records for in-patients and day-case patients.
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Table 1 Regional Health Authority Kidney transplants Northern 75 Yorkshire 81 Trent 108 East Anglian 67 North West Thames 97 North East Thames 126 South East Thames 181 South West Thames 42 Wessex 71 Oxford 72 South Western 89 West Midlands 125 Mersey 52 North Western 79 Total 1,265
Table 2 Estimated numbers and median waiting time in weeks of waiting list cases, selected operations, by region of treatment, National Health Service hospitals, England, 1985 In-patient cases treated region of residence England Northern Yorkshire Trent East Anglian North West Thames North East Thames South East Thames Operation on eye lens Est. No. 59,140 4,440 4,950 6,060 3,300 3,540 3,290 3,790 Med. W.T. 16 13 21 16 15 17 11 16 Interval sterilisation— Female Est. No. 49,910 3,200 3,550 6,360 2,700 3,810 2,880 3,300 Med. W.T. 12 12 17 13 11 7 8 11 Termination of pregnancy Est. No. 47,650 3,840 2,930 5,920 2,680 4,480 4,770 3,330 Med. W.T. <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Hip replacement operations Est. No. 37,650 2,060 2,470 3,330 1,560 2,480 3,660 2,850 Med. W.T. 21 19 20 25 21 13 18 23 Sterilisation associated with delivery Est. No. 9,972 849 1,121 1,372 196 653 719 555 Med. W.T. n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r Sterilisation associated with abortion Est. No. 5,024 301 400 608 420 315 490 279 Med. W.T. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Ligation or Vasectomy of Vas Deferens Est. No. 3,710 270 310 300 130 120 360 180 Med. W.T. 12 u/r 7 12 u/r u/r u/r u/r Heart surgery: 0 to 4 years Est. No. 2,120 200 190 80 nil 100 nil 280 Med. W.T. 2 u/r nil u/r nil nil nil u/r n/a—Not available.
n/r—Not relevant.
u/r—Small sample numbers—unreliable estimates.
In-patient cases treated Day cases South West Thames Wessex Oxford South Western West Midlands Mersey North Western SHA's England Operations on Eye Lens Est. No. 3,470 3,800 2,160 3,790 5,000 2,740 5,450 3,400 1,570 Med. W.T. 14 18 24 21 27 11 16 10 6 Interval Sterilisation—Female Est. No.1 2,770 3,350 3,110 3,210 4,960 1,790 4,910 n/r 6,560 Med. W.T. 15 11 14 13 15 9 10 n/r 16 Termination of Pregnancy Est. No. 1,770 2,050 3,250 3,720 2,870 930 4,720 390 25,820 Med. W.T. 1 1 <l 1 1 <1 1 nil 1 Hip Replacement operations Est. No. 2,640 2,730 2,090 2,840 4,020 1,550 3,330 20 60 Med. W.T. 26 28 18 22 24 16 19 u/r n/a Sterlisation associated with Delivery Est. No.1 435 327 468 392 1,110 664 1,110 n/r u/r Med. W.T. n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r n/r nil Sterlisation associated with Abortion Est. No. 190 295 319 350 360 145 552 n/a nil Med. W.T. n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a nil Ligation or Vasectomy of Vas Deferens Est. No. 190 470 150 490 350 80 310 u/r 42,080 Med. W.T. u/r 9 u/r 12 u/r u/r 7 nil 10 Heart Surgery: 0–4 years Est. No. nil 200 50 30 240 470 40 240 u/r Med. W.T. nil u/r nil u/r u/r 1 u/r u/r nil