Hospital Dialysis Options for Argyll & Bute

About This Survey 

Argyll & Bute HSCP is reviewing how our residents access hospital dialysis services. We started this work in March 2025. The review has become necessary as there are now more people in Argyll & Bute who need dialysis. We are looking to make recommendations about where we should provide dialysis services for our residents in the future. The review recommendations need to ensure:

• appropriate and equitable access to hospital dialysis for our population
• that we use our limited resources effectively and efficiently

The geography of Argyll & Bute as well as the staffing and technical requirements for running a hospital dialysis services means that we need to consider a number of complex issues.

Dialysis for children is out of scope as this is a nationally commissioned service.

The Review Oversight Group has now developed service options. We have set up this survey to gather feedback about these options from service users, potential service users and the wider community.

It is important to keep in mind that we are very early in the process of deciding how to move forward in regard to providing hospital dialysis in Argyll & Bute. We are currently going through a process called options appraisal.

How are we going to use your response? 

We will combine all responses to this survey in a report to the Review Oversight Group to help them understand the preferences and views of current and potential service users, their families and friends and the wider public. 

The outcome of the options appraisal, along with the results from the survey, will be presented to Argyll & Bute Integrated Joint Board. They will use this information to provide direction on how we should progress.