To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list his initiatives to assist renal patients; and if he will make a statement.

Dialysis facilities for patients suffering from end-stage renal failure have been provided at the following locations:

	Dialysis stations
North Wales
Main Renal Unit—Rhyl	7
Subsidiary Renal Unit—Bangor	6
Subsidiary Renal Unit—Wrexham	6
South West Wales
Main Renal Unit—Swansea	15
Subsidiary Renal Unit—Carmarthen	9
South East Wales
Main Renal Unit—Cardiff	11
Subsidiary Renal Unit—Cardiff	6
Subsidiary Renal Unit—Merthyr Tydfil	6

Proposals for a unit at Newport have been invited from Gwent health authority. We have also established a kidney transplant unit at the Cardiff royal infirmary. The treatment of most renal patients, however, is in the hands of district health authorities.