Financial support, expert advice and free renal counselling
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Financial support
We know that life can be hard when you’re coping with a long term condition like kidney disease and it can affect your ability to work and to live life to the full.
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Patient Support & Advocacy Service
Our Patient Support & Advocacy Officers can help you navigate the complexities of kidney disease and work towards improving your quality of life. If you need our help, we're just a message or call away.
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Counselling and support service
Living with a long-term illness such as chronic kidney disease can turn anyone's world upside down. You’re not alone. Our Counselling Service offers FREE help and emotional support to kidney patients and their families.
Travelling with CKD: Kidney Care UK can support you
You may be eligible for a holiday or respite break grant, and our FREE Dialysis Freedom service takes care of the arrangements and administration if you need to access dialysis away from your home unit in the UK.
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Newly diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
The five stages of CKD range from being at risk through to kidney failure, when your kidneys stop working. But only around one in 50 people with CKD ends up with kidney failure. Most people can manage their condition with treatment that slows down its progress.