Written question asked by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 September 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 7 September 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 January 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Kidneys: Medical Treatments
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the level of people (a) receiving a kidney transplant and (b) requiring dialysis treatment.
- Answer
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Organ donation and deceased donor transplant activity, including kidney transplants, has been restored to pre COVID-19 levels. During the pandemic, life-saving kidney transplants still took place although kidney donor transplantation activity was 20% lower compared to the same period in 2019.
Patients requiring dialysis continued to receive that treatment. The ‘COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: dialysis service delivery’, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, set out guidance for clinicians to maximise the safety of patients on dialysis during the pandemic.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 84260
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Kidneys Medical treatments Transplant surgery Coronavirus
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- 2021-01-06 10:41:33 +0000
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