Kidneys: Transplant Surgery
(asked on 2nd September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the North West were on the waiting list to receive a kidney transplant in the most recent period for which figures are available.
This question was answered on 7th September 2016
The information requested is found in the table below.
United Kingdom kidney only transplant list, 31 March 2012-2016 | |||||
Area | March-2012 | March-2013 | March-2014 | March-2015 | March-2016 |
North West1 | 712 | 688 | 700 | 697 | 603 |
UK (including North West) | 6,417 | 6,114 | 5,662 | 5,468 | 5,081 |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant
1 Former North West Strategic Health Authority area (Lancashire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Merseyside)