HC Deb 05 February 1981 vol 998 cc191-3W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each of the health regions (a) the number of renal units, (b) the number of new kidney patients in the last convenient year, (c) the numbers currently on dialysis and (d) the number given transplants in the last convenient year; if he will also give the figures as a proportion of the size of the regional populations; and if he will make a statement about areas' regional funding for renal services.

Dr. Vaughan

The information requested is given in the following tables. The allocation of funds for renal services is the responsibility of the health authorities concerned.

a. Renal units
Region Number of units Per million population
Northern 3 1.0
Yorkshire 3 0.8
Trent 4 0.9
East Anglia 2 1.1
NW Thames 4 1.1
NE Thames 5 1.4
SE Thames 5 1.4
SW Thames 1 0.3
Wessex 1 0.4
Oxford 1 0.4
South Western 3 1.0
West Midlands 5 1.0
Mersey 4 1.6
North Western 4 1.0
TOTAL 45 0.97
b. New Kidney patient.; in 1979
Region Number of Patients Per million population
Northern 91 29.4
Yorkshire 63 17.5
Trent 89 19.8
East Anglia 57 30.0
NW Thames 76 21.7
NE Thames 96 25.9
SE Thames 140 40.0
SW Thames* 22 7.3
Wessex 38 141
Oxford 52 22.6
South Western 69 23.0
West Midlands 80 15.4
Mersey 48 19.2
North Western 58 14.1
TOTAL 979 21.0
c. Patients on dialysis on 31.12.1979
Region Patients on dialysis Per million population
Northern 230 74.2
Yorkshire 190 52.8
Trent 339 75.3
East Anglia 103 54.2
NW Thames 212 60.6
NE Thames 383 103.5
SE Thames 330 94.3
SW Thames* 58 19.3
Wessex 84 31.1
Oxford 149 64.8
Southwestern 238 79.3
West Midlands 179 34.4
Mersey 143 57.2
North Western 155 37.8
TOTAL 2,793 59.9
d. Patients who received kidney transplants during the year 1 January to 31 December 1979
Region Kidney Transplants Per million population
Northern 36 11.6
Yorkshire 37 10.3
Trent 43 9.6
Region Kidney Transplants Per million population
East Anglia 49 25.8
NW Thames 49 14.0
NE Thames 46 12.4
SE Thames 143 40.9
SW Thames* — —
Wessex 31 11.5
Oxford 36 15.7
Southwestern 34 11.3
West Midlands 62 11.9
Mersey 39 15.6
North Western 53 12.9
TOTAL 658 14.1
* Many patients from SW Thames are treated by SE Thames renal units. A few transplants were carried out in SW Thames but are included in the SE Thames figures.