Written question asked by Desmond Turner (Labour) on Thursday, 5 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 13 June 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Friday, 13 June 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Dept of Health
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator since April 2002. - Inc figures.
- Answer
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Dr. Desmond Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients have received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator since April 2002. [118052] Ms Blears: The latest available figures, from the national pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator database, collected by the British pacing and electriophysiology group, report that 26,151 pacemakers were implanted in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2001.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 118052; 406 c1130W;406 c1132W
- Session
- 2002-03
- Subjects
- Heart diseases NHS Medical treatments Patients Medical equipment
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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