Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the prognosis for (a) adults and (b) children diagnosed with kidney disease.
NHS England commissions specialist renal services for adults, children and young people and has recently published renal service specifications (that cover dialysis, acute kidney injury, renal assessment and transplantation) that should lead to uniform high levels of kidney care across England. Further information can be found via the following link:
www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-a/a06/