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Category: News Media

Ronapreve: ‘Most vulnerable’ to get new Covid drug

04/10/202104/10/2021

The UK’s “most vulnerable” hospital patients, who are unable to build up an antibody response to Covid, are to be offered a new drug, Ronapreve. It will be offered to those over-50 without the necessary antibodies, and those aged 12-49 who are immuno-compromised – for…

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The Royal Free London returns to television screens

04/11/202018/12/2020

The spotlight will once again fall on the extraordinary work of staff at the Royal Free London (RFL), as the award-winning documentary Hospital returns to BBC Two. The six-part series, which begins on Monday 9 November at 9pm, explores the human stories behind the headlines…

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Elizabeth Ward (1926-2020)

29/10/202029/10/2020

Elizabeth Ward passed away on 20 July 2020. Without her endeavours, thousands of UK kidney disease sufferers leading very hard lives would have perished before their time. Please click on this link for her obituary, on the Kidney Research UK website:

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Wife gives husband her kidney in life-saving double operation

21/10/202021/10/2020
Picture of Michelle and Robert Freedman

Michelle Freedman hands her partner Robert, the ultimate gift By Candice Krieger As presents for a partner go, Michelle Freedman’s recent gift to her husband has got to be up there. Last month, she gave him her kidney. The couple, who have been married for…

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Featured Items

20/02/2023

Living Kidney Donation & Transplantation in Jain & Hindu Communities

Sunday 26th February 2023 at 4.00 – 6.00 pm A forum to raise awareness about...
02/02/2023

From PatientView to Patients Know Best

The current PatientView service allows you to access your latest blood test results online from...
02/02/2023

World Kidney Day, 9th March 2023

World Kidney Day is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of...
01/11/2022

Dealing with power and water supply problems on Home Dialysis

A number of patients have raised questions, below, about Home Dialysis, particularly APD (Automated Peritoneal...
29/09/2022

Information about NHS Prescriptions

If you are a renal patient, it is likely (for a variety of reasons) that...
10/08/2021

How we use donated funds

One of the most important responsibilities of the RFHKPA is to use donated funds wisely...

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