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.
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A way forward from shielding
Kidney Care UK’s response to new update to government guidance
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
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