NICE (National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence) have published disease pathways – here is the one for kidney disease http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/chronic-kidney-disease

Kidney Alliance report from World Kidney Day 2012 Reception
Restore long-term direction in kidney transplantation says the Kidney Alliance
Read more…

Take a look at what the Department of Health said about WKD…

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/kidney/

Achieving equality in organ donation and transplantation in the UK: Challenges and solutions

http://www.better-health.org.uk/briefings/achieving-equality-organ-donation-and-transplantation-uk-challenges-and-solutions

The combination of low numbers of black and minority ethnic organ donors and the higher prevalence of conditions such as diabetes and hepatitis mean that these communities are disproportionately represented on transplant lists.  This results in minority ethnic patients waiting on average twice as long for some transplants as their white counterparts.  The paper promotes a ‘two-pronged’ approach, tackling barriers to black and minority organ donation in the short term (such as lack of awareness or perceived religious opposition) and employing longer term preventative medical interventions which may reduce the need for organs in these communities in the future.

British Kidney Patient Association – supporting patients and staff around the UK

• The largest provider of patient grants to those on low income.

• A key source of funding for short breaks and holidays for kidney patients.

• Over £2.5 million donated to renal units every year. We fund staff posts, service developments and improved patient facilities.

• We also support national research projects such as our collaboration with the BRS for patient-centred research grants.

If you don’t know about us, you’re missing out!

Visit our website www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk to see how we can help.
Phone – 01420 541424
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On World Kidney Day, the Kidney Alliance calls for Government to restore long-term leadership and direction to kidney transplantation. Read More…

National Kidney Federation launches Manifesto to Increase Transplantation in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities. Please see here for the press release….

Please see here to read this important manifesto

In connection with World Kidney Day the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer announces the Patient Benefit Grant and Patient Lottery  Read More …

Kidney Kind Recipe Book

The New Kidney Kind recipe book has been launched for World Kidney Day in collaboration with the National Kidney Federation and the Kidney Alliance. Click here to read it online….

To order hard copies

please go to  http://www.kidney.org.uk/ or order from the NKF helpline (0845) 601 02 09      

Press Conference:

“Kidney Donation and Transplantation in Europe: State of Play “- 6 March 2012
Please see poster for more details…

NEW TEAM ANNOUNCES BRITISH ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY FOR 2012 – Kidney patient and racing driver will be raising awareness and supporting the British Kidney Patient Association in Ginetta G50) at Silverstone on March 5th…read on for more….

NHSBT to hold its 1st Annual Organ Donation Congress on World Kidney Day  www.eventsforce.net/donationcongress

International Society of Nephrology – World Kidney Day Special

Interview with Fiona Loud about the Kidney Alliance and World Kidney Day in the UK

From The N10 Show

Kidney Transplant Booklet

If you want to know about kidney transplantation take a look at this booklet, produced by the Royal Free Hospital - “Can I have a kidney transplant?” . It provides some great information for people with kidney failure considering transplantation.

London Acute Kidney Injury Network Launch Event, World Kidney Day, March 8th, 2-6pm, Wellcome Collection, London

The London Acute kidney Injury Network is a multidisciplinary collaboration of London healthcare professionals and organisations that manage AKI. The network includes all seven London renal units. We are working together to deliver equitable, high-quality AKI prevention and care.

At our launch event our speakers will present background talks on this condition and why we consider it a healthcare priority that requires a strategic response. We will then present the network proposal for discussion.

We are delighted that the Wellcome library have agreed to the display, at the event, of original, archive materials from Eric Bywaters landmark research on AKI during the London blitz (Bywaters and Beal, BMJ, 1941). The original paper will also be presented by Dr Mike Almond.

All clinicians, patients and researchers with an interest in AKI care are are welcome and we hope the programme will interest you. This event is free but email registration is required as numbers are limited.

For more information http://www.londonaki.net/

The Global Role of Kidney Transplantation – an abstract from the International Society of Nephrology Read More

Take  a look at what the renal Tsar, Dr Donal O’Donoghue, has to say about what you can do for World Kidney Day http://renaltsar.blogspot.com/2012/02/world-kidney-day.html

Transplant patient and chorister Paul Silcox to release ‘the Gift of Life’ for World Kidney Day and urging others to join the organ donor register. Here’s the interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FFz_aO3WHI and here’s the press release http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/newsroom/news_release/article.jsp?releaseId=300

NHSBT

NHSBT is the UK organ donation and transplantation organisation responsible for all aspects of the donation process, and for matching and allocating solid organs and corneas for transplantation throughout the UK. We also monitor post-transplant outcomes and manage and promote awareness of the NHS Organ Donor Register.