What is the National Kidney Patient Survey?
The National Kidney Patient Survey is an annual national survey run by the UK Kidney Association (the association of kidney health professionals) in partnership with Kidney Care UK. The National Kidney Patient Survey was previously known as the Kidney Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM).
The National Kidney Patient Survey captures the views of kidney patients treated in the UK to evaluate care quality and help local kidney units make improvements to their services.
Why should kidney patients take part?
Taking part is your chance to anonymously share your praise and concerns about the main areas of your care with your unit. This helps your kidney team to understand how you and the other kidney patients they care for feel about your experience of care.
By taking part, you help your unit, other health care professionals, and kidney charities to get a national picture of people’s experience. We can use this to identify where changes need to be made, and units can see how they are performing against other units, to make sure they aren’t falling behind.
Am I eligible to take part?
There are surveys for those living with kidney disease (CKD) who are either:
- in adult kidney clinic (the National Kidney Patient Survey) or
- in paediatric clinic and their parents/carers (the National Kidney Paediatric Patient Survey).
This includes those attending a UK hospital renal unit or satellite unit but not yet on kidney (renal) replacement therapy and anyone who has received a kidney transplant.
What options are there for taking part?
The survey is available in English, Welsh, Urdu and Gujarati.
The survey is primarily online only. However, some units are offering a service to accept paper copies and upload them on behalf of their patients. If you would like a paper copy of the survey, please ask your unit if they are offering this service. Please do not print your own version as any paper forms received cannot be used and will not be counted.
I have a question about the National Kidney Patient Survey, who should I ask?
If you are a kidney patient and you have a question about the adult or paediatric survey, please contact us at [email protected] .
If you are a healthcare professional and you have a query about the adult or paediatric survey, including to request a PDF copy to input for patients, please contact KQIP at [email protected]
Where can I find out more National Kidney Patient Survey results for previous years?
You can find the details of every previous survey, including the 2025 PREM results, by clicking the links on the menu to on the left side of this page.