§ Ms. CoffeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 23 November,Official Report, column 505, if she will introduce into the patients charter a specified time limit within which non-emergency renal patients on dialysis will be guaranteed the disconnect system.
§ Mr. SackvilleWhether and when disconnect dialysis is appropriate is a matter for clinical judgment and the resources available bearing in mind local health needs and priorities.