Written questions

Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

2026-06-16 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1060 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure early patient education, shared decision-making, nephrology training and renal workforce planning support, to achieve greater uptake of home dialysis across England.

Answer

NHS England is taking action through the Renal Services Transformation Programme and renal networks to increase home dialysis uptake by strengthening early patient education and shared decision‑making through standardised pre‑dialysis pathways, supporting...