HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 cc313-4W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new patients per million population in Scotland received (i) haemodialysis and (ii) continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in 1988 or the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

This information is not available in the exact form requested. In 1987 (the most recent year for which figures are available) the number of new patients per million of the population (pmp) received on to all forms of dialysis was 58.2. This includes continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The total number of patients (both new and existing) receiving dialysis in 1987 was as follows:

Actual
Hospital dialysis 264
Home dialysis 181
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis 346