The YAKG is as a closed Facebook peer support group for kidney patients between 18 and 30. Since its inception, the group has blossomed into an amazing and diverse community of over 800 young kidney patients worldwide and has been a part of Kidney Care…
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UKKA are the leading professional body for the UK renal community, dedicated to improving lives by supporting professionals in the delivery of kidney care and research. We have over 1,500 doctors, scientists and multi-professional team members. Click on the link below to go to their…
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The Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Charity have just launched a brand new PKD App. Developed by the PKD Charity, clinical specialists, patients and carers for the newly diagnosed and those at the early stages of ADPKD (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease), this app is the…
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Wednesday 30th March 5pm – Joining in is completely FREE On Wednesday 30th March we will be joined by Sharlene Greenwood, Consultant Renal Physiotherapist at King’s College Hospital and the Co President of the UK Kidney Association as well as Juliet Mayes, Ellen Castle and…
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GIVE-IT is an initiative led by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Department of Renal medicine and the Royal Free Hospital Kidney Patients Association. Through engagement and education it aims to cultivate a culture of organ donation amongst Hindu and Black communities of North…
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Kidney Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) is a national annual survey of kidney patients. The survey is completely anonymous. The Kidney PREM collection will take place for six weeks from 1st November – 12th December this year. This year the survey will primarily be collected…
Read ArticleKidney 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…
Read ArticleThe National Kidney Federation is unique because, although there are a large number of kidney charities, the NKF is the national kidney charity actually run by Kidney Patients for Kidney Patients. Most Renal units, including the Royal Free Hospital’s, have a Kidney Patient Association (KPA),…
Read ArticleA leading kidney patient support charity providing advice, support and financial assistance to thousands every year. They can offer you support through their patient grants, holiday grants, counselling service, advocacy service, as well as providing funding to improve care services. Under the “About Kidney Health”…
Read ArticleAge UK is the country’s leading charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK provides services and support at a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people:
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