§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on how organ donation is co-ordinated nationally and locally in the UK. [133982]
§ Mr. DenhamOrgan donation is co-ordinated locally by transplant co-ordinators who are employed by National Health Service trusts. The matching and allocation of organs on a United Kingdom-wide basis is co-ordinated by United Kingdom Transplant, a special health authority based in Bristol.
§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of how up-to-date the names and addresses on the NHS Organ Donor Register are; [133976]
(2) how frequently the NHS Organ Donor Register was accessed in 1999 by hospitals seeking donors. [133977]
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§ Mr. DenhamThe Department has asked the United Kingdom Transplant to review the most effective ways to ensure all the data on the Organ Donor Register are up to date. This includes consideration of the information provided by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and general practitioners.
Access to the National Health Service Organ Donor Register is via a 24-hour service at United Kingdom Transplant. Transplant co-ordinators mainly employed by local transplant centres may access the Register and during 1999 did so on only a handful of occasions, although this is currently not formally recorded.
§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients died in each year from 1995 to 1999 whilst on the waiting list for a(a) heart, (b) heart and lung, (c) lung and (d) liver transplant. [133979]
§ Mr. DenhamThe number of patients in England dying from any cause while registered on the active transplant waiting list, 1995–1999 is given in the table.
England 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 waiting for: (a) heart 64 66 63 60 56 (b) heart and lung 37 48 34 26 27 (c) lung(s) 60 53 59 68 72 (d) liver 57 55 64 74 71
§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are currently awaiting(a) a kidney transplant, (b) a heart transplant, (c) a heart and lung transplant, (d) a lung transplant, (e) a liver transplant and (f) other forms of transplant; and if he will make a statement on the shortfall between the numbers of organs available for transplant and of people needing such organs. [133980]
§ Mr. DenhamThe current active waiting list is as follows:
England As of 3 October 2000 Number (a) kidney 3,950 (b) heart 165 (c) heart/lung 100 (d)lung 203 (e) liver 127 (f) other (solid organ)1 85 1Mainly kidney + pancreas and pancreas
§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organ transplants were carried out in the last five years for which figures are available. [133978]
§ Mr. DenhamThe number of solid organ transplants carried out from 1995 to 1999 is given in the table.
England Number 1995 2,438 1996 2,253 1997 2,274 1998 1,993 1999 2.078