Little choice on dialysis
CONGRATULATIONS to 14-year-old kidney patient Gavin Rose for his national arts award. Life on dialysis is hard but there are ways to improve quality of life for kidney patients by providing local kidney services and offering patients the option of home treatment.
There are 43,901 people in the UK receiving renal replacement therapy, according to the most recent Renal Registry report.
But the registry also reveals that fewer than 25 per cent of dialysis patients receive their treatment at home, and the discrepancy widens depending on your age or even where you live.
Current health policy relating to the care of patients advocates delivering care closer to the patient's home. With current dialysis capacity issues and a focus on patient choice, shouldn't more patients be able to choose a home-based treatment?
Samantha Addie, Dialysis Options, Kirkgate Arcade, Otley, www.dialysisoptions.org
The full article contains 149 words and appears in EP Leeds First & County newspaper.
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Last Updated:
22 July 2008 11:27 AM
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Source:
EP Leeds First & County
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Location:
Leeds
