On World Kidney Day 2022 (Thursday 10 March), we want our politicians to champion better mental health services for all those with kidney disease.
A Kidney Care UK study of NHS kidney units showed only 5% of them employ the recommended number of psychologists. You have told us many times that these services are much needed, and we had a 61% increase in requests for our counselling services last year.
With our psychological and social care colleagues we are putting together a manifesto for action. Join us in a national campaign to make sure our politicians hear the concerns of patients, their families, friends and healthcare teams.
There are two things you can do
- Send us your stories. you can write to us about what you think should be improved in mental health services. This will help to power our manifesto. Please write to us at [email protected].
- Contact your parliamentary representative.
An email is the easiest way to contact your MP (England), MSP (Scotland) or MS (Wales). Find him/her through writetothem.com. Enter your postcode and follow the instructions.
Below are sample letters to help you write your email. It would be really helpful if you let us know that your parliamentarians say. If they do offer to meet you, we will be happy to help with that meeting.
- Choose the template for the country where you live - England, Scotland or Wales.
- Copy the text from the template and paste into the online Message box.
- Add your personal kidney story or experience at the top where shown.
- Don't forget to include your name/postcode, so they know you are a constituent.
The templates include the findings of work by Kidney Care UK and a recent survey by Kidney Research UK.
- Download the template email to MPs (England) to ask for a meeting
- Download the template email to MPs (England) to ask to write to a Minister
- Download the template email to MSPs (Scotland) to ask for a meeting
- Download the template email to MSPs (Scotland) to ask to write to a Minister
- Download the template email to MSs (Wales) to ask for a meeting
- Download the template email to MSs (Wales) to ask to write to a Minister
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Template email to MPs (England) to ask for a meeting
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Template email to MPs (England) to ask to write to a Minister
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Template email to MSPs (Scotland) to ask for a meeting
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Template email to MSPs (Scotland) to ask to write to a Minister
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Template email to MSs (Wales) to ask for a meeting
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Template email to MSs (Wales) to ask to write to a Minister