§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of(a) heart transplant, (b) kidney replacement, (c) hip replacement and (d) eye cataract operations carried out in the national health service in (i) 1979 and (ii) the most recent year for which the figures are available; and if he will estimate the figures for 1991–92.
§ Mr. DorrellThe table gives the number of operations for 1979 and for the latest year available. The rate of heart and kidney transplant operations is dependent on the availability of suitable organ donors. Future numbers cannot therefore be reliably estimated. Information on the projected number of hip replacement and cataract operations is not held centrally.
Latest year Operation 1979 1990 1990–91 Heart transplant1 3 329 Kidney transplant1 842 1,870 Hip replacement 228,800 344,477 Eye cataract 239,700 394,739 1 Figures supplied by the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority—collected by calendar year. 2 Estimate from Hospital In-Patient Enquiry. 3 Figures from 1990–91 Regional Outturn Reports—collected by financial year.