HC Deb 31 October 2002 vol 391 cc937-8W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many overseas surgical teams have been brought to the UK by the NHS; where they have worked; and how many operations they have carried out. [78096]

Mr. Hutton

The national health service has brought six overseas clinical teams to the United Kingdom. The team at Central Middlesex hospital has carried out 516 general surgical operations. The team at Hillingdon hospital has carried out 350 orthopaedic operations. The team at South Tyneside NHS trust has carried out 39 orthopaedic operations. The team at east Somerset has carried out 12 general surgical operations. The team at Morecambe Bay hospitals NHS trust has carried out 313 cataract operations. The team at mid-Staffordshire carried out two cataract operations.