§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish (a) the number of dialysis machines and (b) the number of dialysis machines per 1,000 population (i) nationally and (ii) in each health authority for the latest available year.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is as follows:
Patients on haemodialysis—year ending 1985 Region At home At hospital Northern 66 188 Yorkshire 106 117 Trent 258 154 East Anglian 67 125 North West Thames 118 91 North East Thames 218 177 South East Thames 190 176 South West Thames 38 19 Wessex 55 46 Oxford 128 66 South Western 165 55 West Midlands 122 142 Mersey 59 115 North Western 167 95 We would expect an individual machine to be provided for each patient dialysing at home, but machines provided for hospital dialysis might be used by several patients.