More than 74,000 adults in the UK are receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT), according to the latest data from the UK Renal Registry (UKRR).
The UKRR’s 28th Annual Report shows that 74,157 adults were receiving dialysis or living with a functioning kidney transplant at the end of 2024, an increase of 2% from 2023.
A further 8,775 adults started KRT during 2024 – around 24 people every day.
The latest figures also sit within a longer-term increase in the number of people receiving treatment for kidney failure. The prevalence rate of KRT has increased by 75% since 2008.
The report brings together data from kidney centres across the UK, providing a detailed national picture of kidney care, from advanced CKD through to dialysis and transplantation, as well as care for children and young people.
The latest data show:
- More than 27,000 adults were receiving in-centre haemodialysis (ICHD), an increase of 2.5% in a year.
- Kidney transplantation remained the most common form of KRT, with 41,523 adults living with a functioning transplant. However, the number of transplants performed fell by around 4% compared with 2023 and remains below pre-pandemic levels.
- The proportion of people starting KRT on peritoneal dialysis (PD) increased from 17.7% to 19%. However, this increase was not seen across all groups, with fewer Black and Asian patients starting treatment on PD.
- For the first time, the UKRR has reported how frequently people receiving PD move to haemodialysis, establishing a national baseline that can be tracked in future reports.
- Thirty adult kidney centres reported data on 34,933 people with advanced CKD who were not receiving KRT, up from 24 centres in 2023. As national reporting remains incomplete, this figure does not represent the total number of people with advanced CKD in the UK.
- 108 children under 16 started long-term treatment for kidney failure, and 816 were receiving KRT at UK paediatric kidney centres at the end of 2024.
The KRT Annual Report uses extensively validated data submitted by kidney centres, allowing the UKRR to track changes in kidney care over time and identify variation between populations, treatments and parts of the UK.
Read the 28th UK Renal Registry KRT Annual Report and accompanying patient summaries.
