§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what measurements of capacity he used when deciding on the feasibility of introducing a Renal National Service Framework. [20864]
§ Jacqui SmithThe Renal National Service Framework was announced on 27 February 2001. An external reference group led by Professor Robert Wilkinson and announced on 14 September 2001, will develop proposals for modernising services and improving patient care over a 10 year period in planned stages. The programme will build on the already agreed and funded targets for expanding kidney dialysis set out in the NHS Plan, and increased transplantation rates agreed with, and funded through, United Kingdom Transplant.