§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many heart transplants were carried out in Scotland in the calendar year 1994;
(2) how many patients were referred outside Scotland for consideration of heart, lung or heart-lung transplant in the calendar years 1993 and 1994;
(3) how many patients were operated on outside Scotland for heart, lung or heart-lung transplant in the calendar years 1993 and 1994.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonDuring the period January-October 1994, 14 heart transplant operations were carried out in Scotland. The figure is provisional and data for November and December are not yet available.
Information about the number of patients either referred or operated on outside Scotland for heart, lung or heart-lung transplant is not held centrally in Scotland. The hospital to which a patient is referred is a matter for individual clinicians.