§ 31. Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hip replacement operations per year are being carried out by the National Health Service now; and what was the figure in 1979.
§ Mr. FreemanThe estimated number of total hip replacement and other arthroplasty of hip operations performed on in-patients discharged from NHS non-psychiatric hospitals in England in 1986 (the last year for which information is available centrally) and 1979 were 40,900 and 30,730 respectively.
§ 115. Mr. RiddickTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hip replacement operations were carried out in the Yorkshire regional health authority area in the five years between 1974 and 1979 and between 1983 and 1988; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is given in the table. 1986 is the last year for which information is available centrally.
Estimated number of total hip replacement and other arthroplasty of hip operations performed on in-patients discharged from NHS non-psychiatric hospitals, Yorkshire regional health authority Number 1974 1,550 1975 1,700 1976 1,790 1977 1,630 1978 1,740 1979 1,870 1983 2,620 1984 2,540 1985 2,470 1986 2,700