Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines
(asked on 20th February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110360 on kidney diseases: dialysis machines, what steps is the government taking to remove variation in rates of home dialysis in paediatric dialysis centres.
NHS England is delivering a comprehensive programme to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of people with kidney disease, through its renal services transformation programme. This includes a specification for renal services which sets out the scope for the work of the renal clinical networks commissioned across England. The specification is available at the following link:
The goals of the specification include reducing variation across the renal care pathway by developing, agreeing and implementing standardised pathways of care, including dialysis and home therapy services for adult and paediatric services. The eight regional kidney networks in England, working with providers, will review service delivery across network against need and identify gaps and variation in services, gaps in overall provision, quality, geographical distribution, and deliver improvements to network services to address these issues.