§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines were given to hospitals in recalling patients fitted with pacemaker models 1010T, 1050T and Prototype 93.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe guidelines given to hospitals in recalling patients fitted with pacemaker lead models 1010T, 1050T and the Prototype T93, were set out in the Department of Health's Pacemaker Technical Note No. 48, a copy of which will be placed in the Library.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients in(a) Lewisham, (b) London and (c) nationwide have had pacemaker models 1010T, 1050T and Prototype 93 removed and replaced;
(2) how many patients in (a) Lewisham, (b) London and (c) nationwide were fitted with pacemaker models 1010T, 1050T and Prototype 93.
§ Mr. SackvilleA total of 4,429 pacemaker leads of models 1010T, 1050T and Prototype T93 have been fitted in the United Kingdom and 235 replaced. Individual patient information is not available centrally.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when Siemens, the manufacturers of pacemakers 1010T, 1050T and Prototype 93, warned her Department that these models had faults.
§ Mr. SackvilleOn 22 January 1993.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in(a) Lewisham, (b) London and (c) nationwide have died since being fitted with pacemaker models 1010T, 1050T and Prototype 93; and what has been the cause of death in each case.
§ Mr. SackvilleA total of 314 patients nationwide have died since being fitted with pacemaker lead models 1010T, 1050T and Prototype T93. The cause of death in less than I per cent. of these patients has been identified as being related to the pacemaker lead. The residue were due to a variety of pacemaker-unrelated causes. Individual patient information is not held centrally.