Andrew Baker, 45, of William Street, developed renal failure in 1998 and needs regular dialysis to clean his blood.

He has to travel to the Northern General Hospital with two other Bassetlaw renal patients, at 7am every Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

"It's fantastic that the facilities are coming but it would be great to have them now," he said.

"There would be less travelling for me. The Worksop hospital is just a stone's throw down the road."

"It would be a lot less hassle and travelling is just not what you want when you're not feeling brilliant."

Dialysis is an artificial means of filtering the blood when the kidneys are not functioning properly.

A machine is used to remove the waste products from the blood. Without this process the body would essentially poison itself.

"It takes about three and a half hours. Some people need longer but the time has been fairly constant with me," he said.

"It tires me out. I have to sleep in the afternoons as I just don't have any energy for anything else."

Andrew's wife, Sharon, writes a blog about the stresses and strains of dialysis.

It reads: "We wanted to begin this blog to let people have an idea of how our lives are as a family and also for other sufferers to read and to relate to."

You can visit Andy and Sharon's blog at: www.lifewithdialysis.blogspot.com