HL Deb 24 March 1993 vol 544 cc18-9WA
Lord Colwyn

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people in the United Kingdom, by total and by each health authority region, have sufficiently severe coronary heart disease to be regarded as being untreatable under the NHS, by the usual surgical procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and balloon angioplasty.

Baroness Cumberlege

This information is not available centrally. The choice of treatment in any individual case is a matter for professional, clinical judgment.