§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the total number of cadaver kidney transplants carried out in the latest year for which figures are available at each of the health districts of Riverside, Bloomsbury, Hampstead, City and Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Southwark, Camberwell, West Lambeth and the Hammersmith special health authority.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 26 June 1990]: According to information provided by the United Kingdom Transplant Service, the number of cadaveric kidney transplants carried out in 1989 in the district health authorities specified was as follows:
Health Authority Number Riverside 25 Bloomsbury 23 Hampstead 33 City and Hackney 48 Tower Hamlets 54 Lewisham and North Southwark 70 Camberwell 32 West Lambeth 22 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's special health authority 35 We are pleased to announce that the number of cadaveric kidney transplants carried out in the United Kingdom in 1989 was a record. The total of 1,732 transplants represents a 10 per cent. increase on the achievement of the previous year.