§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people with kidney complaints were receiving dialysis treatment in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenAccording to information supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association, the number of renal patients receiving dialysis treatment in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available was as follows:
Number of patients on treatment at 31 December Number 1978 2,997 1979 3,378 1980 3,825 1981 4,442 1982 4,933
§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were refused kidney dialysis treatment in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenThis information is not available centrally. Whether or not an individual patient is accepted for treatment is a matter for the clinical judgment of the doctors concerned.
§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the expenditure on kidney dialysis in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenThis information is not available centrally.