Thousands of Britons with kidney failure are being denied the chance to have lifesaving treatment at home, according to a report.
About 68,000 people suffer kidney failure, which leaves the body unable to remove waste products from blood. They rely on dialysis, either in hospital or at home, which is a device that cleans the blood, taking about fours hours a time, three times a week.
In some parts of the UK just one patient in 25 is offered dialysis at home, compared with a third of patients in other areas, according to NHS data. The locations were not revealed.
Patient advocate Maddy Warren, who co-wrote the report for medical company Quanta Dialysis, says: ‘Relying on hospital dialysis can prevent people from getting a job, seeing family and enjoying life.’
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