Liver Diseases: Transplant Surgery
Question
Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received liver transplants in each of the last 3 years in each region.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the organisation responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom, they also manage the NHS Organ Donor Register and National Transplant Register.
NHSBT publishes an annual Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Activity Report which gives a comprehensive update about organ donors, transplant waiting lists, and transplant activity for the UK for the latest financial year. Section 8.4 of the report details liver transplant activity, data on transplants by country/National Health Service region of residence, in Table 8.8, and by transplant centre, in Table 8.9. NHSBT Annual Activity reports are available at the following link:
https://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-activity-report/