HC Deb 29 June 1990 vol 175 cc366-7W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many transplant operations have been carried out in the United Kingdom and how many in the other European Community countries.

Mr. Dorrell

According to information provided by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association the number of kidney transplants carried out in 1988 in European Community countries was as follows:

Number of kidney transplants
Belgium 401
Denmark 145
Fed. Rep. Germany 1,791
France 1,808
Greece 39
Ireland 78
Italy 476
Luxembourg 6
Netherlands 416
Portugal 104
Spain 1,018
United Kingdom 1,735

Note: Figures include transplants of kidneys from cadavers and living donors.

We do not have accurate information on transplants of other organs in European Community countries.