§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organs have been donated for transplantation in the North West regional health authority area during each of the last five years; and how many transplant operations have taken place.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 31 January 19891]: According to information reported to the United Kingdom transplant service, the number of organs retrieved from, and transplants performed in, hospitals in the North Western regional health authority during the last five years is as follows:
Cadeveric organs retrieved 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Kidney1 94 87 84 93 119 Heart and heart/lung — 7 9 20 28 Liver — 6 9 11 23
Transplants performed, NHS entitled recipients only 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Kidney 77 81 107 81 130 Heart and heart/lung — — — 10 29 Liver — — 1 2 — 1 A donor has been counted twice if both kidneys were donated. 1988 figures are provisional.