Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the trends in the level of in-centre dialysis patients over the last three years; and what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of in-centre capacity in renal units in England.

From 2018 to 2020, there has been an increase of approximately 2.6% in demand for in-centre haemodialysis services in England.

NHS England advises that there is no evidence of current in-centre capacity issues which may impact patient outcomes. Renal clinical networks in England continue to work with commissioned renal providers to assess capacity challenges and support mitigation through regional infrastructures.