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)
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NHS England confirms universal commitment to transport support for in-centre dialysis patients
This will help some of you on in-centre haemodialysis in the face of the cost of living crisis.
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
World Kidney Day celebrates shorter waiting times for hard to match patients
Patients facing long waiting times, including those from the black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities, are benefiting from new offering scheme
Diary of a Kidney Warrior: How My Journey Began
Dee Moore has been a kidney patient for 18 months and has been documenting her journey via her YouTube channel Diary of a Kidney Warrior
Kidneys and the European Union exit
Reciprocal healthcare and dialysis