§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people receiving renal dialysis on the NHS were aged over(a) 60, (b) 70, (c) 80 and (d) 90 years in the last year for which figures are available; and what were the equivalent figures in 1992. [15971]
§ Mr. BoatengFigures in the form requested for 1992 are not available. In 1993 a survey of all providers of renal treatment was carried out by the Wessex Institute of Public Health. The results of this National Renal Review were published in 1996. A follow up survey was conducted last year which has collected data for services in 1995. The results of this survey are due to be published shortly. The following figures for the numbers of people receiving renal dialysis aged over 60 in 1993 and 1995 in England have been taken from these surveys. The 1995 figures are provisional:
Aged 60 and over 70 and over 80 and over 90 and over 1993 4,189 1,968 231 12 1995 5,074 2,534 388 8