Question follow-through · 106340

Kidney Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of kidney disease.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jan 2026
Target answer date
20 Jan 2026
Answer
26 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of kidney disease.

  2. 20 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England has established a renal Clinical Reference Group to deliver change across the NHS to accelerate improvements in diagnosis and treatment for people living with kidney disease. NHS England’s regional renal clinical networks, of which there are e...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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