Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his department has to work with its devolved counterparts to ensure consistent access for patients across UK to equal reimbursement of the energy costs incurred by home dialysis.
We have no current plans to do so as this is a devolved matter. For adult home dialysis NHS England do not reimburse patients directly. Patients’ additional direct utility costs, which may include electricity, water, gas and telephone, are met through the payment of the national tariff to providers, which provide reimbursement to the individual.