Advice for kidney patients during heatwave

20 Jun 2017

With the heatwave expected to last another day across most of the UK, and an amber warning having been issued by the Met Office advising people to take action to avoid becoming unwell, we are advising kidney patients to take particular care.

Are you kidney aware?

16 Jun 2017

Did you know that right now there are 4,963 people in the UK currently waiting for a kidney transplant and that every single day in the UK one person will die whilst waiting for their kidney.

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