Update for dialysis patients regarding coronavirus
The Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that renal dialysis patients should be advised to shield
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The cost of living crisis is pushing thousands of kidney patients to the brink
Kidney Care UK’s new Cost of Staying Alive report issues a stark warning to the Government that thousands of kidney patients’ mental, physical, and financial health is at risk without urgent action.
British Transplant Games postponed until 2021
2021 games will take place in Leeds and will return to Coventry in 2023
What are the main concerns for dialysis patients?
Kidney Nurse and Professor of Kidney Care at London South Bank University, Nicola Thomas discusses how the main concerns facing dialysis patients are changing during the coronavirus epidemic.
Dialysis supplies shortage for the treatment of COVID-19 patients
Kidney Care UK response to critical national shortage of dialysis supplies for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU) with acute kidney injury (AKI)
Celebrating during lockdown
Some tips on how you can still celebrate occasions during the current lockdown
Keeping it all together – while staying apart
Kidney Care UK Counsellor Dee Durham explains what we can do to help keep ourselves mentally well during long periods spent at home
What about the carbs?
Thanks to Sarah Green, all recipes on the Kidney Kitchen website will have a carbohydrate value to help you if you have diabetes and ‘carb count’.
Kidney Care UK joins charity call for supermarkets to support extremely vulnerable patients
Tesco, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Asda, and John Lewis Partnership urged to meet six key criteria
One in a million (well 1.5 million to be exact)
Kidney Care UK Policy Director Fiona Loud on the coronavirus on what the charity is doing.
New coronavirus guidelines released
Guidelines have been published for clinicians looking after people on dialysis