§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his best estimate of the numbers of kidney patients in the United Kingdom who die each year due to the non-availability of transplant organs or dialysis.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1983, c. 67]: We have no direct evidence for such a figure. It has been estimated on international statistical comparison that about 45 new patients per 1 million total population could develop potentially treatable end stage 185W renal failure each year. The assessment of need is based on broad epidemiological data and the difference between this figure and the number of patients who actually started treatment cannot be directly equated with a number of patients for whom treatment would have been successful but was not available.