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Lack of reimbursement leaves home haemodialysis patients left out in the cold, according to new report

  • 30 Mar 2023

According to a Kidney Care UK report released today, one third of home dialysis patients are not receiving any reimbursement from their trusts and less than a third of trusts are reimbursing patients using the appropriate tariff. This is despite the fact that NHS trusts receive funds from NHS England to pay for reimbursements.

Kidney Care UK Left out in the cold report 2023

Local bereaved son cycles the entirety of the Forth & Clyde and Union canals in memory of his father

  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Desmond Henaghen, 27, of Glasgow, took on the challenge to cycle 120km to raise money for the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity, after his father – also called Desmond – battled kidney failure for more than a decade.

Helen's thoughts: three years on from the Covid-19 lockdown

  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Blog

Kidney transplant recipient Helen Rambaut shares some of her thoughts on where we are now, three years on from the Covid-19 lockdown.

Three years on from the Covid-19 lockdown

  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Blog

We must learn from this challenging time: the risk from Covid-19 has fallen but the virus is still around.

MyRenalCare app helps kidney patients take control of their health

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • News

The virtual care and consultation digital app, supported by Kidney Care UK, helps kidney patients manage their condition and reduces referral waiting times.

Stark reality of kidney disease showcased in Leicester shopping centre

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • News

Thanks to an interactive pop-up ‘kidney disease experience’, shoppers in the Highcross Centre, Leicester, were able to understand some of the daily challenges that kidney disease patients face. The 3D walk-through was organised by six national kidney charities who are shining a light on kidney disease on World Kidney Day 2023.

Support for kidney patients in the south of England from Southern Water and Kidney Care UK

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • News

Kidney Care UK and Southern Water are working together to provide support for kidney patients living across the south of England.

Kidney Care UK and Severn Trent: working together to provide vital support for kidney patients

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • News

Kidney Care UK and Severn Trent have joined forces to support more than a quarter of a million people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the heart of the UK.

It's a family affair: brother and sister compete in World Transplant Games following kidney transplant

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • News

Supported by Kidney Care UK, Wayne Hartley, from Newcastle, and his sister Clair Hartley, who lives in Leeds, will be representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the World Transplant Games in Australia. Wayne received a kidney transplant in 2006 after his sister donated to him.

Electricity North West secures partnership with Kidney Care UK

  • 09 Mar 2023
  • News

Electricity North West has joined forces with the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity to help provide additional support for its customers who are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Passage of the Northern Ireland opt-out law completes the last piece of the jigsaw

  • 08 Mar 2023
  • News

On 1 June 2023, the law around organ donation in Northern Ireland will change to an opt-out system. The new law will be known as Dáithí’s Law in recognition of six year old Dáithí Mac Gabhann, who has been on the waiting list for a heart transplant since 2018.

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