§ Lord Colwynasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people in the United Kingdom, by total and by each health authority region, have had limb amputations as a result of peripheral ischaemia performed on the NHS in the latest three years for which records are known; how much these operations have cost and how much is the cost of post-operative care for each patient, including the cost of prosthesis and rehabilitation into the community; and whether any estimate can be made of how many of these operations were carried out before making any assessment of alternative treatments aimed at reversing the ischaemia.
§ Baroness CumberlegeThe available information is given in the table:
Previous years, information on costs, and information on any alternative treatments considered, is not available.