§ 70. Mr. David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of hip replacement operations carried out in 1979 and in the latest available year.
§ Mr. FreemanThe number of total hip replacements and other arthroplasty of hip performed in NHS non-psychiatric hospitals in England in 1979 and 1986 (the latest year for which information is available centrally) are 29,520 and 40,900 respectively.