§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of whether percutaneous coronary interventions with bare stents increased after the National Institute for Clinical Excellence completed its appraisal of stents in May 2000; [74216]
(2) what recent assessment he has made of the cost of readmitting patients who have restenosis after revascularisation; [74218]
(3) if his Department has set targets for the reduction of restenosis following stenting in revascularisation. [74217]
§ Ms BlearsThe Department does not collect cost or activity data that relates solely to hospital readmission and has not made any assessment about the cost of readmitting patients who have restenosis after revascularisation.
The Department does not collect information on the number of percutaneous coronary interventions that involve the use of stents.
The Department has not set any targets for reduction in restenosis following stenting in revascularisation.