§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new end-stage renal patients per million population are currently being accepted per year by each regional health authority.
§ Mr. John PattenThe European Dialysis and Transplant Association has provided the following provisional data in respect of 1983, the latest year for which figures are available:
Region New patients (per million population) Northern 42.9 Yorkshire 28.1 Trent 32.9 East Anglian 38.4 North West Thames 33.1 North East Thames 38.1 South East Thames* 36.8 South West Thames* Wessex 24.4 Oxford 35.2 South Western 30.7 West Midlands 30.8 Mersey 28.3 North Western 30.5 * Joint provision of renal services.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ask regional health authorities to accept a target rate of 100 new end-stage renal patients per million population per year.
§ Mr. John PattenWe can see no possibility that the incidence of treatable end-stage renal failure in the United Kingdom would require an acceptance rate of this magnitude. Regional health authorities have recently agreed to meet a target of treating a minimum of 40 new end-stage renal failure patients per million population per year by 1987.