Free information booklets

Anaemia and chronic kidney disease

Kidney disease can lead to a shortage of red blood cells in your body. This is known as renal anaemia or anaemia of kidney disease. Anaemia is more common in advanced kidney disease and affects most patients on dialysis. This leaflet gives more information about anaemia and its treatment.

An employer's guide to chronic kidney disease

This leaflet gives employers more information about chronic kidney disease and its treatment, how this may affect their employee and what they can do to help.

Cancer risk in patients with kidney disease

This leaflet explains the risk of cancer in patients who have kidney disease, are receiving dialysis or have a kidney transplant. It also explains what ‘cancer screening’ is and how you may be able to reduce your risk of developing cancer in the future.

Choosing not to have dialysis

One of the options for treating advanced kidney disease is to manage your symptoms and not have dialysis. This leaflet provides information about the option of choosing not to have dialysis and is aimed at adults over the age of 18.

Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term condition where the kidneys work less well than they should. This leaflet gives more information about CKD, its treatments and what to expect.

Eating out or taking out on a kidney friendly diet

If you have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) it is important to try to eat a balanced diet in order to stay as healthy as possible. Depending on the stage of your CKD, you may need to make some changes to your diet.

This leaflet contains information on a variety of food types and suggests good options as well as those to limit or avoid when eating out. It is mainly aimed at people attending low clearance clinics or dialysis patients who are pre-transplant.

Employment Rights

Having a long-term condition like chronic kidney disease can affect many areas of your life, including your work. This leaflet describes some of the rights you have in regards to employment.

Exercise and keeping fit

This leaflet outlines the types of exercise that are recommended for people with kidney problems and gives advice on the best ways in which to exercise.

Fatigue (tiredness)

People with chronic kidney disease often report feeling very tired. Your doctors may describe this symptom as fatigue. This leaflet explains more about fatigue in kidney patients.