§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients who received a bare stent in a percutaneous coronary intervention were readmitted for a repeat re-stent or coronary bypass grafting procedure in the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the total cost to the NHS of such readmissions. [54349]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 7 May 2002]: The Department does not collect the data relating to the number of patients who received a bare stent in a percutaneous coronary intervention and were later readmitted for a repeat re-stent or coronary bypass graft. It is not possible, therefore, to estimate the cost to the national health service of such readmissions.
§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if readmission procedures for in-stent restenosis are recorded as separate patient episodes. [54350]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 7 May 2002]: I can confirm that readmission for in-stent restenosis are recorded as separate patient episodes.