§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of coronary artery bypass grafting operations carried out in 1979 and in the latest year for which figures are available in each of the 14 health regions.
§ Mr. DorrellInformation is not available in the precise form requested. The only figures on the number of coronary artery bypass grafts performed in 1979 are those for the United Kingdom collected annually by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. According to the society's returns, the number of grafts carried out in 1979 was 3,538; in 1987, the latest year for which comprehensive figures are available, the number was 12,820. This represents a rise of 262 per cent. over the period.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of operations for chronic renal failure carried out in 1979 and in the latest year for which figures are available in each of the 14 health regions.
§ Mr. DorrellAccording to information from the United Kingdom transplant service the number of cadaveric kidney transplants carried out in the 14 regional health authorities in 1989 was as follows:
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Region Cadaveric kidney transplants Northern 97 Yorkshire 104 Trent 131 East Anglian 60 North West Thames 93 North East Thames 165 South East and South West Thames 191 Wessex 90 Oxford 83 South Western 96 West Midlands 146 Mersey 61
Region Cadaveric kidney transplants North Western 138 Total 1,455 Regional figures are not available for 1979.
Information on any other operations for chronic renal failure is not collected centrally.