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Health
George Foulkes (Labour) | Question S3W-40497
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of admissions to the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit was repeat admissions, broken down by NHS board in each of the last five years.
Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National Party)
All liver transplants in Scotland are carried out by the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The following table shows the number of liver transplants carried out in each year from 2005-06 to 2010-11. It also shows the number of post transplant re-admissions and the average re-admissions per transplant.
Number of Liver Transplants, Post Transplant Re-admissions and Re-admissions per transplant, 2005-06 to 2010-11
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11* | |
| Number of Liver Transplants | 42 | 50 | 60 | 62 | 74 | 80 |
| Number of Post Transplant Re-admissions | 151 | 175 | 156 | 150 | 140 | 142 |
| Average Re-admissions per transplant | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Source: Scottish Liver Transplant Unit.
Note: *2010-11 data is incomplete as financial year ends at 31 March 2011. Data received at 15 March 2011.