§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients received transplant surgery for each organ in each health region for the year ended(a) 31 December 1992, (b) 1993, (c) 1994 and for the latest months for which data are available. [40620]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe number of transplants carried out by organ and health region will be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Wallsend (Mr. Byers) of 17 July,Official Report, column 432, on transplant surgery, if he will provide comparable figures for 1992, 1993 and the latest month for which data are available. [40653]
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§ Mr. SackvilleInformation will he placed in the Library for the years ending 31 December 1992, 1993 and to 30 September 1995. Heart, lung and liver transplantation are funded supra-regionally. Therefore, many patients appear on waiting lists in regions other than the one in which they are resident. This gives rise to variation between the numbers shown waiting in each region.