Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question HL1306, when NHS England plans to publish the updated Renal Service Specification.

The specification is being worked on by NHS England in line with its national service specification methods process, which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/methods-national-service-specifications

NHS England will set out the expected date of publication as soon as this is available.