The Kidney Charities Together Group has put together a document to help guide kidney patients with the steps they need to take if they think they might have Covid-19:
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Transplant children’s choir sing out for more people to talk about organ donation
During Organ Donation Week (20th to 26th September 2021) the ‘Harmonies of Hope’ children’s choir called for children not to be ‘Invisible’, with a song which reveals the hidden impact for more than 7000 people, including 200 children, currently predicted to be in need of…
Read ArticleRonapreve: ‘Most vulnerable’ to get new Covid drug
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…
Read ArticleHome dialysis peer support
The NKF has embarked on a national campaign to increase home dialysis (HD) in the UK. They have produced a 28-page report which makes seven recommendations on how the NHS can increase home dialysis provision. As part of the campaign. they have introduced a peer…
Read ArticleFree transport for Non-emergency patient transport (NEPTS)
The NHS in England today annouced that every patient who needs kidney dialysis will be entitled to from free transport to and from vital hospital appointments. New rules will also come into place to make it simpler for other patients to get free transport, including…
Read ArticleRoyal Free renal team helps spread transplant knowledge across the world
Ali Shendi from Egypt, came to London to apply for an International Society of Nephrology (ISN) fellowship at the Royal Free London hospital back in 2014/2015. We were pleased to hear that with the help and knowledge passed on to him from the Royal Free…
Read ArticleCovid19 – Call for Employer Support for immune suppressed staff
The 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…
Read ArticleKidney Cancer
Kidney cancer is cancer that starts in the kidneys, which are part of your body’s urinary system. Kidney cancer develops when abnormal cells in either of the kidneys start to divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. Cancer Research UK (CR UK) has information on Kidney…
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Read ArticleHOME DIALYSIS CAMPAIGN
In September 2020 the NKF hosted a webinar, discussing home dialysis during Covid-19. During the webinar, it was revealed that patients who dialysed at home were at a substantially lower risk of contracting and dying of Covid-19, compared to people who dialysed in a hospital. The…
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