§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the latest available figures for patients receiving the different types of treatment For kidney failure in each regional health authority.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information for 31 December 1980 is given in the following tables:
(d) two to three years, (e) one to two years and (f) less than one year; and how many patients are waiting to receive this treatment.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of patients being treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in the United Kingdom is estimated at 902 on 18 February 1982. Figures are not available on the length of time they had been receiving this treatment. There are no waiting lists for CAPD or other forms of dialysis, since patients with end-stage renal failure cannot survive for more than a few weeks unless treatment is given.