Need for families to talk about organ donation as 2,500 potential transplants missed last year
Despite record levels of organ donation, family refusals remain the main reason for organ donation not going ahead.
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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.
Organ Donation Week 2019
2 - 8 September
Would you like to take part in a review of kidney services?
NHS England's Quality Survelliance Team is looking for input from kidney patients in their upcoming review of kidney units.
Leading health organisations issue Brexit no-deal warning
The Royal College of Physicians has sent an open letter to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson - signed by 16 other leading health organisations including Kidney Care UK
New express freight service contract for medicines and medical supplies
The government has announced details of a new freight express service for transporting urgent medicines, medical products, blood and transplant tissues as part of its Brexit preparations
Wholly aligned, wholly alive
Ciara Roberts explains how she responded to a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) through self care
App offers hope in fight against acute kidney injury (AKI)
Detection of one of the biggest killers in the NHS has been cut from hours to minutes at the Royal Free Hospital in London thanks to the introduction of a new mobile app.
Annual Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report published
The report shows the number of people who donated organs after they died reached a record high but the overall number of transplants has fallen.
2019 British Transplant Games
This years Games is taking place in Newport between the 25 and 28 July
2019 Research Grants programme now open
The Kidney Patient Research Partnership is open until 20 September 2019