§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the patients waiting on the kidney transplant list for an organ have already had at least one transplanted organ; and how many are new additions.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 30 October 1989]: According to information provided by the United Kingdom transplant service, the number of United Kingdom patients waiting for a kidney transplant on 7 November 1989 was 3,506. Of this total 1,001 (or 29 per cent.) of patients had previously received a transplant.
§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of kidney transplants carried out by the individual regional health authorities during the past 12 months and, where possible, whether the transplants derived from kidney donors in their areas or as a result of United Kingdom transplant service.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 30 October 1989]: Information is not readily available in the precise form requested. The number of kidney transplants reported by NHS hospitals to the United Kingdom transplant service for 1988 is shown in the table. The total number of transplants performed within each regional health authority area is divided into those using organs retrieved by the transplanting centre, and those using organs imported from another retrieving centre either within or outside the region concerned.
Regional Health Authority Transplants1 Transplants2 Total Northern 71 22 93 Yorkshire 43 35 78 Trent 50 49 99 East Anglia 77 5 82 North West Thames 23 35 58 North East Thames 78 63 141 South East Thames 85 86 171 South West Thames 33 17 50 Wessex 56 8 64 Oxford 60 9 69 South Western 74 33 107 West Midlands 67 61 128 Mersey 34 20 54 North Western 97 33 130 Special Health Authorities 8 15 23 1 Using organs retrieved by local centre 2 Using organs imported from another centre