§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how much has been allocated by the West Midlands regional health authority for (a) dialysis and (b) renal transplants during each year from 1980 to 1983; and in which towns in the region these facilities are available;
(2) how many patients in Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Walsall and Salop per million of population are being treated by dialysis, including continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information is not available centrally.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients have been treated for renal failure by dialysis or transplant in the west midlands region during each year from 1979 to 1982.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe total numbers of patients under treatment for chronic renal failure in the west midlands region on 31 December 1979, 1980 and 1981 (the latest date for which figures are available) were as follows:28W
1979 1980 1981 408 501 601
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the level of provision for renal failure in each regional health authority in the United Kingdom; and what is the total resource allocation for dialysis and transplant in each region.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following table gives the number of patients under treatment for chronic renal failure in each National Health Service region in England, and the national totals for the rest of the United Kingdom, on 31 December 1981, the latest date for which figures are available.
Region Total patients (all forms of treatment) Total patients per million population Northern 557 179.68 Yorkshire 390 108.33 Trent 653 145.11 East Anglia 362 190.53 North West Thames 558 159.43 North East Thames 837 226.22 South East Thames 917 *262.00 South West Thames 114 *38.00 Wessex 256 94.81 Oxford 367 159.56 South Western 336 112.00 West Midlands 601 115.58 Mersey 312 130.00 North Western 427 106.75 Scotland 456 87.69 Wales 333 118.93 Northern Ireland 217 144.67 * Patients from the South West Thames region are also treated in units in South East Thames region. Information on regional resource allocations is not collected centrally.
I regret that the figures for 1980 given in my reply to the hon. Member on 14 December 1982-[Vol. 34, c. 115–6]—were incorrect. The error was caused by double counting of some patients in returns from renal units to the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, from which the Department obtains these figures. This has now been corrected by the association, and the revised figures for 1980 are as follows:
Region Total patients (all forms of treatment) Total patients per million population Northern 506 163.23 Yorkshire 330 91.67 Trent 561 124.67 East Anglia 332 174.74 North West Thames 525 150.00 North East Thames 748 202.16 South East Thames 833 238.00 South West Thames 94 31.33 Wessex 197 72.96 Oxford 325 141.30 South Western 291 97.00 West Midlands 501 96.35 Mersey 297 123.75 North Western 360 90.00
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proposals he has to improve renal and transplant services in the west midlands.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe West Midlands regional health authority is consulting on plans for a substantial development of both dialysis and transplant facilities over the next ten years and I am sending the hon. Member a summary of its proposals.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients per million of the population are being treated by dialysis in each region.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe number of patients per million population under treatment by dialysis in each National Health Service region on 31 December 1981 (the latest date for which figures are available) was as follows:
Total per million population Region Haemodialysis Peritoneal dialysis Northern 67.74 31.61 Yorkshire 55.28 11.94 Trent 84.89 18.89 East Anglia 81.58 0.53 North West Thames 60.57 10.29 North East Thames 93.78 34.86 South East Thames 86.29 21.14 South West Thames *12.67 12.67 Wessex 39.63 12.22 Oxford 58.69 20.87 South Western 62.67 8.67 West Midlands 46.35 7.31 Mersey 52.92 15.83 North Western 47.75 11.75 * Patients from the South West Thames region are also treated in units in the South East Thames region.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to provide a renal unit in Wolverhampton, including inpatient beds and a dialysis unit.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe West Midlands regional health authority is giving high priority to the continued expansion of renal dialysis and transplantation services and their plans include the establishment of a six-place dialysis unit in Wolverhampton by the end of the decade.