§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimation she has made of the accuracy of the national pacemaker database.
§ Mr. SackvilleOverall data capture was last estimated by the national pacemaker database to be 88.8 per cent. in 1992, based upon an annual nation-wide audit. Data accuracy is dependent upon that supplied, on a voluntary basis, by the implanting and follow-up centres. The database has a system for data validation, which has recently led to a re-classification of some of the data.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 14 February,Official Report, column 618, listing pacing and pacing follow-up centres, what information she has on hospitals not on the pacemaker database, carrying out pacing or pacing follow-up.
§ Mr. SackvilleHospitals are encouraged to inform both the national pacemaker database and the Department of Health, when either pacing or follow-up activities are initiated. Information held relies upon this notification.