§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how may(a) kidney, (b) heart, (c) lung, (d) heart-lung, (e) liver and (f) other transplants have been carried out in each of the last 10 years, broken down into health authority district; and if he will make a statement. [12906]
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§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 27 October 1997]: The information available on numbers of transplants has been placed in the Library. These show the numbers of transplants carried out for the last 10 years broken down by region. Many hospitals do not perform kidney transplants, and there are just eight designated cardiothoracic transplant units and six designated liver units in England. This is the main reason for the considerable variation in the numbers of transplants performed in different regions.