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Category: Information

COVID-19: guidance for people whose immune system means they are at higher risk

05/04/202205/04/2022

Given below is an extract of the guidance from the Government website, as at 1st April 2022. Treatment: The NHS is offering new monoclonal antibody and antiviral treatments to people with COVID-19 who are at highest risk of becoming seriously ill and are 12 years…

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Transplantation

Promoting Living Kidney Donation amongst the diverse communities of North London

23/03/202223/03/2022

Can you share your Living Kidney experience to help inform Hindu, Jain & black families? The Jain & Hindu Organ Donation Group (JHOD), the Seventh-day Adventist Church and The Royal Free London Renal Department have teamed up to promote Living Kidney Donation amongst the diverse…

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Organ Donation

NKF Home Dialysis Campaign Report

10/03/202227/04/2022

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.…

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Dialysis

Patient information for organ transplantation

12/02/202212/02/2022

NHS Blood and Transplant have launched upgraded patient information on their website for organ transplantation. To see the website, please click the link below:

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Transplantation

The Kidney and Urology reception area at the Royal Free is moving

02/02/202206/03/2022

The Renal outpatient team advise that, from Monday 7th February 2022, the reception desk in KUC is moving. To improve patient flow, the Kidney and Urology reception area is moving, it will now be situated adjacent to Room 19 (formerly the Renal admissions team offices).…

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Royal Free Hospital

What you need to know about COVID testing

21/01/202221/01/2022

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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Transplantation

Important information about new treatments for COVID-19

01/01/202202/02/2022

New treatments are now available for people who are at higher risk of becoming seriously unwell if they contract COVID-19.The treatments need to be given to patients soon after they have a positive PCR test confirming that they have COVID-19 – before they require admission…

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Kidney Disease

Transplant children’s choir sing out for more people to talk about organ donation

04/10/202104/10/2021

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…

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Events and Forum, Organ Donation

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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News Media, Related medical conditions

Home dialysis peer support

03/09/202121/01/2022

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…

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Dialysis

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