HC Deb 18 January 1985 vol 71 cc261-2W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of patients receiving renal dialysis treatment have been allocated a home dialysis machine.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Data provided by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association show that on 31 December 1982, the most recent date for which information is available, 3,708 patients were being treated by haemodialysis in the United Kingdom, of whom 2,218–60 per cent.—were receiving haemodialysis at home.