Dialysis units across Australia and New Zealand forced to ration lifesaving care
6 May 2026
On the 5th of May we released the 2025 Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) and Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA) Haemodialysis Capacity Survey, the most comprehensive assessment of dialysis capacity across Australia and New Zealand to date.
The findings reveal growing pressure on haemodialysis services, with many units operating at or beyond safe and sustainable capacity.
Key findings from the report include:
▪️ 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 80% 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦
▪️24% 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
▪️𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵