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Dialysis Machines: Per Capita Costs

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 March 2025UIN 28481

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost per patient for (a) in centre and (b) home therapies dialysis treatment was in each of the last three years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The national average patient cost for home-based renal dialysis for the last three years was £280 in 2023/24, £231 in 2022/23, and £213 in 2021/22. The national average patient cost for hospital-based renal dialysis for the last three years was £223 in 2023/24, £220 in 2022/23, and £192 in 2021/22.

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