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18 July 2007 : Column 473W—continued
| Numbers listed for a kidney transplant( 1) at the end of year, UK, 2000-06 | |||
| Status | |||
| Active | Suspended( 2) | Total | |
| (1) Including all combinations eg kidney/pancreas. (2) Suspended means the patient has been temporarily removed from the list. This happens for such reasons as being too ill to undergo the operation or being away on holiday. | |||
| Waiting time to kidney transplant, registrations to the list 2000-03, UK | |
| Age | Days |
| (1) Under 18 years | |
Transplant Surgery: Manpower
Mrs. Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many transplant co-ordinators are employed in the NHS; and what the figure was in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [148842]
Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally.
Wheelchairs: Finance
Richard Younger-Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many electric indoor and outdoor wheelchairs were funded by the NHS in each of the last five years; [150076]
(2) how many electric indoor and outdoor wheelchairs are being funded by (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts; [150077]
(3) what total sum of money has been allocated to the NHS in 2007-08 to provide (a) manual wheelchairs, (b) electric indoor and outdoor wheelchairs and (c) other wheelchairs for people with mobility problems; [150078]
(4) what advice he gives to primary care trusts on assessments for indoor and outdoor wheelchairs. [150079]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is not held centrally. All national health service wheelchair services are funded out of general allocation funding to primary care trusts. It is up to individual PCTs to determine their allocation of resources to wheelchair services and to set their own eligibility criteria for their service. Decisions about the type of wheelchair provided to an individual will be based on an individual assessment of their needs and the PCTs eligibility criteria.
NHS wheelchairs are supplied and maintained free of charge to people whose need for a wheelchair is permanent. Indoor/outdoor electric chairs can be provided to disabled people who cannot propel a manual chair. Attendant controlled power chairs are also available.
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