§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list region by region the number of kidney patients receiving haemodialysis or CAPD
Region Hospital haemodialysis Home haemodialysis Intermittent peritoneal dialysis Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis Functioning graft Northern 208 19 25 168 514 Yorkshire 209 94 1 182 381 Trent 215 223 2 319 584 East Anglia 114 60 — 63 419 North West Thames 161 77 12 151 469 North East Thames 191 90 5 333 821 South East Thames 181 97 4 306 1,160 South West Thames 11 44 0 97 165 Wessex 86 32 0 135 334 Oxford 99 115 0 96 418 South Western 99 156 4 202 460 West Midlands 198 122 1 489 194 Mersey 141 49 0 67 386 North Western 157 144 18 265 726 1 Complete data not available. Patients are registered by the units treating them and are therefore recorded according to the health region in which the units are located, not according to the region in which patients live. Some patients cross regional boundaries to receive treatment, notably from South West Thames to South East Thames and from Wessex to South Western.
There are no age limits for treatment of end-stage renal failure. The treatment of an individual patient is a matter for the responsible consultant, whose decisions will take account of the patient's clinical condition.