The YAKG is as a closed Facebook peer support group for kidney patients between 18 and 30. Since its inception, the group has blossomed into an amazing and diverse community of over 800 young kidney patients worldwide and has been a part of Kidney Care…
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Organ Donation event: a joint collaboration between the Royal Free, JHOD & Seventh Day Adventist Church
On 1st April 2023, members of the Edmonton Adventist church and community visitors attended the Living Kidney Transplant Donor Community Awareness event. The event was a joint NHS project, led by the Royal Free Hospital. Edith Samambwa – South England Conference Health Ministries Director explaining…
Read ArticleRFHKPA Members’ Meeting, 3rd April 2023
This Meeting was held by video conference, using Zoom, which allowed it to be recorded. The Meeting was for a presentation to be given on “The Role of Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and the Gut Microbiota in Acute Renal Transplant Rejection”, by Professor Reza Motallebzadeh MA…
Read ArticleLiving Kidney Donation & Transplantation in Jain & Hindu Communities
Sunday 26th February 2023 at 4.00 – 6.00 pm A forum to raise awareness about the need and importance of living organ donation
Read ArticlePatient Representatives
The Royal Free London and each of the satellite units may have a Patient Representative (“Rep”) . The Reps are a contact point for all the patients in their unit. They will collate any comments or questions and pass these on to the Committee. The…
Read ArticleUK Kidney Association (UKKA)
UKKA are the leading professional body for the UK renal community, dedicated to improving lives by supporting professionals in the delivery of kidney care and research. We have over 1,500 doctors, scientists and multi-professional team members. Click on the link below to go to their…
Read ArticleWorld Kidney Day, 9th March 2023
World Kidney Day is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. World Kidney Day is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations – World Kidney Alliance (IFKF-WKA). Many organisations…
Read ArticlePKD App
The Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Charity have just launched a brand new PKD App. Developed by the PKD Charity, clinical specialists, patients and carers for the newly diagnosed and those at the early stages of ADPKD (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease), this app is the…
Read ArticlePatient Story from Funmi Lawal
Funmi has battled and overcome serious health issues over the years. This is her inspiring story. I was born in Camden, London, and when I was three years old my parents returned to Nigeria having completed their studies in the UK. So, I grew up…
Read ArticleChristmas Recipes
For the Festive season, we have found a couple of sources of Christmas recipes suitable for renal patients. The Lancashire & South Cumbria Kidney Patients Association produced a very useful booklet containing advice and recipes for “Festive Food on a Renal Diet”: A Kidney Care…
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