§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many over 60-year-olds suffering from chronic myeloid leukaemia have received bone marrow transplants in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [41600]
§ Yvette CooperThe information is detailed in the table. Bone marrow transplants are usually more suitable for younger patients. A range of other treatments is available for older patients with the disease.
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Losses for health authorities Health authority area 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Avon 1 0 0 0 Barking and Havering 0 0 46 12 Barnet 1 0 0 0 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 Berkshire 6 0 10 0 Bexley and Greenwich 17 9 1 16 Birmingham 0 0 0 0 Bradford 2 1 1 2 Brent and Harrow 0 0 0 0 Bromley 0 0 0 0 Buckinghamshire 1 0 1 0 Bury and Rochdale 0 0 0 0 Calderdale and Kirklees 0 2 7 4 Cambridge and Huntingdon 0 0 n/a n/a Cambridgeshire n/a n/a 0 6 Camden and Islington 0 0 0 0 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 3 County Durham and Darlington 0 0 0 0
Finished consultant episodes for patients aged over 60 where the main diagnosis was myeloid leukaemia and a bone marrow graft
was performed. NHS Hospitals, England 1998–99 to 2000–01
Number of episodes 1998–99 3 1999–2000 8 2000–01 9 Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health