Kidney patients need three dialysis sessions a week
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An expanded satellite renal unit has opened at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, Shropshire.
The opening should mean twice as many patients as before can be treated at the PRH.
There are also plans to increase the 12 existing dialysis stations to 20, as demand grows.
Consultants Steve Davies and Kevin Eardley said: "This means more patients with kidney failure will be able to receive treatment closer to home."
The larger unit means 48 patients a week can be treated, up from 24, with plans for that figure to rise to 80 patients in the future, said the hospital.
There are about 200 dialysis patients in Shropshire, each requiring 3 treatment sessions a week. This figure, said the PRH, is increasing by 5% a year.
In the past kidney patients who haven't been able to get treatment at the PRH have had to travel to hospitals in Shrewsbury and Walsall.
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