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FOI 0534: Transplants

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018.  Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust this response has been provided by hospital site.

 

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

1 Please tell me for each of the FINANCIAL years a) 2013/14 b) 2014/15 c) 2015/16 d) 2016/17 e) 2017/18 how many private transplant operations have been carried out at one of your hospitals where the patient receiving the organ was not a British citizen.

  1. 2013/14 – 1
  2. 2014/15 – 0
  3. 2015/16 – 0
  4. 2016/17 – 0
  5. 2017/18 – 0

2 For each operation, please tell me a) the cost of the operation b) the country where the patient was from c) which organ was being transplanted

2013/14

  1. £82,406.99
  2. Ghana
  3. Kidney

 

Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital

1 Please tell me for each of the FINANCIAL years a) 2013/14 b) 2014/15 c) 2015/16 d) 2016/17 e) 2017/18 how many private transplant operations have been carried out at one of your hospitals where the patient receiving the organ was not a British citizen.

None.

2 For each operation, please tell me a) the cost of the operation b) the country where the patient was from c) which organ was being transplanted

Not applicable.

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