5th July 2024

Overview

Haemodialysis involves filtering waste by passing blood through an artificial kidney machine. Haemodialysis is the most common form of kidney replacement therapy for patients with end stage kidney disease in the world. In the UK 35.4% have hospital based or in-centre haemodialysis. Home haemodialysis forms 2%, as per the latest figures. (UK Renal Registry 2020).

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons (2008). Hemodialysis-en, Licensed under a creative commons licence. Available for free at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hemodialysis-en.svg (Accessed: 5 February 2024).