The RFHKPA has received the sad news that our Life President, David Myers, passed away on Friday 2nd August 2024. He was a long-serving member of the RFHKPA and patient advocate. For those who knew David and would like to attend his funeral, it will…
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It is with warm affection that we “old timers” remember Mary Selsby, who died in June 2024, at the age of 90. Mary was the home dialysis administrator (HDA) at the Royal Free Hospital, initially at the old Fleet Road unit, from 1970 till 1996.…
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A patient who spent 30 years on dialysis says it was his wife, Marichel’s love which finally persuaded him to have a kidney transplant. Since the age of 19, Senthil Kumarathevan – who is now 49 – has undergone dialysis for four hours three times…
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Following interim advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), millions of those most vulnerable to COVID-19 may be offered a booster vaccination from September to ensure the protection they have from first and second doses is maintained ahead of the winter and…
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Recipients of solid organ and islet transplants and patients listed for a transplant were not included in vaccination trials in the UK. As a result, there has been uncertainty about the level of protection from vaccination in these groups as compared to healthy volunteers and…
Read ArticleThe vaccine rollout has been a great success, but there is growing evidence that current vaccines give much less protection to people who have a weakened immune response due to a specific health condition or because they receive certain treatments. Kidney Care UK are part…
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You may have seen, over the last few weeks, discussion in the news about the NHS plans to share people’s health records with commercial third parties. There had been a deadline of 23rd June 2021 for people to opt-out of this, if they wished (with…
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