Organ Donation Bill passes
The third reading of the Organ Donation private members bill has passed
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NICE publish new end of life care guideline
This guideline covers organising and delivering end of life care services, which provide care and support in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years), and the planning and preparation for this.
Please ask your MP to support the third reading of Organ Donation Bill on 26 October
Please ask your MP to support the Bill
New report highlighting lack of kidney patient choice calls for change
Authors make urgent recommendations toward providing patients with access to the life-changing benefits possible with home haemodialysis
2018 NICE guidelines
New guidelines on renal replacement therapy and conservative management released.
Organ Donation Week 2018
Between 3-9 September, NHS Blood and Transplant, hospitals, charities and supporters of organ donation will be encouraging people across the UK to talk about organ donation with their families.
(BLOG) Please don't take away my EHIC card
Dialysis patient Nicola Hawkins, tells of the life-changing right to access healthcare in the EU thanks to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and why it must continue.
(BLOG) Organ Donation - A huge step forward
Kidney Care UK Policy Director Fiona Loud writes about the recent announcement about the changes to organ donation in England
Government announces new system of consent for organ and tissue donation
Government announces new system of consent for organ and tissue donation
Kidney patients lack psychological and social support
According to research undertaken by Kidney Care UK, the University of Salford, the British Renal Society, the British Psychological Society, and the British Association of Social Workers
Hope that EHIC cover will continue post Brexit
Brexit White Paper calls for ‘UK and EU nationals to continue to be able to use the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)