§ 31. Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made in increasing the provision of treatment for new kidney patients to achieve a target of 45 per million of the population.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of new renal patients accepted for treatment in the United Kingdom rose from 901 in 1976, a rate of 16.1 per million total population, to 1,422 in 1981, a rate of 25.4 per million.