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.
Answered on
7 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)
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care
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