Fabian Hamilton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fabian Hamilton on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heart valve replacements have been undertaken in the last five years for which figures are available; and whether those figures are comparable to France and Germany.
Jane Ellison
The number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a main or secondary procedure for a heart valve replacement in England from 2010/11 to 2014/15 is shown in the table below:
|
Year |
FCEs |
|
2010-11 |
10,543 |
|
2011-12 |
11,360 |
|
2012-13 |
11,434 |
|
2013-14 |
12,137 |
|
2014-15 |
12,833 |
The Government does not hold comparable data for heart valve replacement in France and Germany.
