By David Myers BEM (Life President. RFHKPA) I am a big supporter of home dialysis but in particular home haemodialysis. It made a big difference to the way in which I was able to conduct my life and carry on working. It’s now about 30…
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Shown below are two articles, one from RFHKPA 2018 Newsletter and one from The Guardian newspaper in 2018:
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Kidney Care UK is delighted to announce a new partnership with the ‘Diary of a Kidney Warrior’ podcast. Initially started by kidney patient Dee Moore in the summer of 2020. Dee was diagnosed with Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in 2018 and she decided…
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David Olusoga, the excellent presenter and maker of history documentaries meets nurses, doctors and health workers from overseas who have transformed the NHS in spite of hostility and discrimination. One of those is our very own Ossie Fernando, a Royal Free hospital legend in kidney…
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The Royal Free Hospital Kidney Patients’ Association (RFHKPA) has traditionally held its committee meetings on the first Monday of the month in the Atrium on the ground floor of the Royal Free London Hospital (RFH). Our practice was to invite members, who had expressed an…
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This paper summarises a webinar the NKF presented on July 14, 2020, in which 150 patients and professionals discussed key questions around the practical aspects of working collaboratively together to improve kidney care.
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The Report for this NKF Webinar held on Thursday 20th May, 2021, is now online. This webinar celebrated the first anniversary of the organ donation law change in England and reaffirmed the importance of organ donation. To watch the Webinar and for information about the…
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Funmi was born in the U.K. and went to Nigeria with her parents when she was 3 years old. There she graduated from the University of Ilorin at the age of 19 with a BSc in Economics. On returning to the UK in 1987 Funmi…
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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 (IFKF). The UK initiative is led by…
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