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Written question asked by Alex Norris (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 April 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 May 2020. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Monday, 11 May 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Kidneys: Transplant Surgery

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the reduction of kidney transplants and associated increase in dialysis treatment as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

Answer

NHS England, NHS Improvement and NHS Blood and Transplant have been working closely together to ensure that organ donation and transplant activity could safely continue during the COVID-19 pandemic for very urgent life-saving transplants. A few kidney transplants are taking place on most days. Patients waiting for a kidney transplant are able to receive dialysis as a short-term alternative treatment.

At this time, no financial assessment has been made of the impact of the changes to transplant and dialysis numbers.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41148
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Finance Kidneys Transplant surgery Coronavirus
Link
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