Updated 5 March 2024
North Devon Satellite Dialysis Unit is operated by Fresenius Medical Care and opened in November 2016.The service has 16 dialysis stations. This includes 12 stations containing either a bed or a chair and four side rooms. The service also accepts patients for dialysis who holiday in the region. The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS trust commissions the haemodialysis services provided by North Devon Satellite Dialysis Unit. The service is a nurse led unit which provides outpatient satellite dialysis provision to patients. Our assessment was completed as the service had not previously been rated as dialysis services were not rated under previous Care Quality Commission methodology. Our onsite assessment took place on 20 March 2024. We looked at 15 quality statements across Safe and Well led key questions.