To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list, for each regional health authority in order of frequency, the total numbers of operations performed in each of the following categories in the latest year for which figures are available (a) kidney transplant operations (h) hip replacement operations, (c) heart surgery upon infants, (d) cataract operations, (e) male and female sterilisations and (f) terminations of pregnancy;(2) what information he has concerning the average National Health Service waiting times in each regional health authority for operations in each of the following categories
(a) kidney transplant operations, (h) hip replacement operations, (c) heart surgery upon infants, (d) cataract operations, (e) male and female sterilisations and (f) terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.
[holding answer 24 February 1988]: The total number of kidney transplants performed in 1987, by region, in which the operation was carried out according to information provided by the Unite Kingdom transplant service, is given in table I. Information on waiting times for kidney transplants is not collected centrally.Table 2 shows, for the remaining categories, the numbers of patients operated on in National Health Service hospitals in England during 1985 (the latest year for which the figures are available) and the median waiting times, in weeks, of those admitted from a hospital waiting list. These were estimated from a 10 per cent. sample of anonymised hospital records for in-patients and day-case patients.
| Table 1 | |
| Regional Health Authority | Kidney transplants |
| Northern | 75 |
| Yorkshire | 81 |
| Trent | 108 |
| East Anglian | 67 |
| North West Thames | 97 |
| North East Thames | 126 |
| South East Thames | 181 |
| South West Thames | 42 |
| Wessex | 71 |
| Oxford | 72 |
| South Western | 89 |
| West Midlands | 125 |
| Mersey | 52 |
| North Western | 79 |
| Total | 1,265 |
Table 2
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Estimated numbers and median waiting time in weeks of waiting list cases, selected operations, by region of treatment, National Health Service hospitals, England, 1985
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In-patient cases treated region of residence
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England
| Northern
| Yorkshire
| Trent
| East Anglian
| North West Thames
| North East Thames
| South East Thames
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| Operation on eye lens | Est. No. | 59,140 | 4,440 | 4,950 | 6,060 | 3,300 | 3,540 | 3,290 | 3,790 |
| Med. W.T. | 16 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 16 | |
| Interval sterilisation— Female | Est. No. | 49,910 | 3,200 | 3,550 | 6,360 | 2,700 | 3,810 | 2,880 | 3,300 |
| Med. W.T. | 12 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |
| Termination of pregnancy | Est. No. | 47,650 | 3,840 | 2,930 | 5,920 | 2,680 | 4,480 | 4,770 | 3,330 |
| Med. W.T. | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | |
| Hip replacement operations | Est. No. | 37,650 | 2,060 | 2,470 | 3,330 | 1,560 | 2,480 | 3,660 | 2,850 |
| Med. W.T. | 21 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 23 | |
| Sterilisation associated with delivery | Est. No. | 9,972 | 849 | 1,121 | 1,372 | 196 | 653 | 719 | 555 |
| Med. W.T. | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | |
| Sterilisation associated with abortion | Est. No. | 5,024 | 301 | 400 | 608 | 420 | 315 | 490 | 279 |
| Med. W.T. | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Ligation or Vasectomy of Vas Deferens | Est. No. | 3,710 | 270 | 310 | 300 | 130 | 120 | 360 | 180 |
| Med. W.T. | 12 | u/r | 7 | 12 | u/r | u/r | u/r | u/r | |
| Heart surgery: 0 to 4 years | Est. No. | 2,120 | 200 | 190 | 80 | nil | 100 | nil | 280 |
| Med. W.T. | 2 | u/r | nil | u/r | nil | nil | nil | u/r | |
n/a—Not available.
n/r—Not relevant.
u/r—Small sample numbers—unreliable estimates.
In-patient cases treated
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Day cases
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South West Thames
| Wessex
| Oxford
| South Western
| West Midlands
| Mersey
| North Western
| SHA's
| England
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| Operations on Eye Lens | Est. No. | 3,470 | 3,800 | 2,160 | 3,790 | 5,000 | 2,740 | 5,450 | 3,400 | 1,570 |
| Med. W.T. | 14 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| Interval Sterilisation—Female | Est. No.1 | 2,770 | 3,350 | 3,110 | 3,210 | 4,960 | 1,790 | 4,910 | n/r | 6,560 |
| Med. W.T. | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 10 | n/r | 16 | |
| Termination of Pregnancy | Est. No. | 1,770 | 2,050 | 3,250 | 3,720 | 2,870 | 930 | 4,720 | 390 | 25,820 |
| Med. W.T. | 1 | 1 | <l | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | nil | 1 | |
| Hip Replacement operations | Est. No. | 2,640 | 2,730 | 2,090 | 2,840 | 4,020 | 1,550 | 3,330 | 20 | 60 |
| Med. W.T. | 26 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 19 | u/r | n/a | |
| Sterlisation associated with Delivery | Est. No.1 | 435 | 327 | 468 | 392 | 1,110 | 664 | 1,110 | n/r | u/r |
| Med. W.T. | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | nil | |
| Sterlisation associated with Abortion | Est. No. | 190 | 295 | 319 | 350 | 360 | 145 | 552 | n/a | nil |
| Med. W.T. | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | nil | |
| Ligation or Vasectomy of Vas Deferens | Est. No. | 190 | 470 | 150 | 490 | 350 | 80 | 310 | u/r | 42,080 |
| Med. W.T. | u/r | 9 | u/r | 12 | u/r | u/r | 7 | nil | 10 | |
| Heart Surgery: 0–4 years | Est. No. | nil | 200 | 50 | 30 | 240 | 470 | 40 | 240 | u/r |
| Med. W.T. | nil | u/r | nil | u/r | u/r | 1 | u/r | u/r | nil | |