Organ Donations

HC Deb 03 March 1993 vol 220 cc166-7W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organ donations have been made in(a) each regional health authority and (b) each district health authority in (i) 1982, (ii) 1987 and (iii) the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

Mr. Sackville

The table shows the numbers of cadaveric solid organ donors in 1982, 1987 and 1992 in England by regional health authority. Figures for

Region	1982 (kidney donors only)	1987	19921 (provisional)
Northern	26	40	51
Yorkshire	22	49	58
Trent	43	58	72
East Anglia	22	36	33
North West Thames	29	45	43
North East Thames	36	56	53
South East-West Thames2	50	102	100
Wessex	29	42	33
Oxford	26	37	39
South Western	31	46	48
West Midlands	52	64	70
Mersey	25	29	38
North Western	29	41	61
TOTAL	420	645	699
1 Figures supplied by the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority.
2 For operational reasons South East Thames and South West Thames are treated as one region.