Patients to be offered choice over dialysis treatment, NICE says

People being treated with dialysis after kidney failure are to be offered a choice over where and what type of treatment they have. New recommendations say patients, in discussion with their clinician, can choose which type of dialysis is right for them and where they can have their treatment. There are three types of dialysis which are offered on the NHS depending on local arrangements and which is right for the patient: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) takes places at home. It involves pumping dialysis fluid into the space inside your abdomen to draw out waste products from the blood passing through