Wessex Kidney Centre (WKC) based in Portsmouth, like many UK renal units had a big decline in Home HD during the 1990s. Between 1999 and 2009 there were no patients receiving haemodialysis at home and it was not an available therapy to offer patients.
Due to the targets set by NICE and patient advocates within WKC the unit set about re- establishing the Home HD programme with the ultimate goal of making it a realistic dialysis option for all patients who wished to receive it.
