About our patient information

Kidney Care UK has been awarded the PIF TICK, the UK’s only assessed quality mark for print and online health and care information. Our information is available free of charge to kidney units, Kidney Patient Associations and patients.

Please visit our online patient information booklet library to see our full range of titles, some of which are only available as downloads.

To place an order for home delivery

Please pick from the list of booklets and materials available below.

We will send you one copy of the resources you choose, free of charge, to your home.

Please note that we are not able to post any resources to an address outside the UK.

To place a health professionals order for delivery to unit

Please choose from the list of booklets and materials available below.

Please note:

  • the maximum order for printed copies is 100 copies of any title
  • the maximum order for wristbands or 'Put a lid on it' keyrings is 50 items.

If you require more than this for an event, please contact [email protected]. Thank you!

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Patient resources and support
Item Quantity
Fistula bands

To highlight that a fistula is in the arm.

Kidney Care UK 'Put a lid on it' keyring

To help manage life-threatening fistula bleeding.

Free information leaflets
Leaflet Quantity
Acute Kidney Injury Kidney Care UK
Anaemia and chronic kidney disease - Kidney Care UK
An employer's guide Patient Information leaflet cover
Capacity and decision making in chronic kidney disease - Kidney Care UK
Choosing not to have dialysis - Kidney Care UK
Choosing to stop dialysis - Kidney Care UK
Chronic Kidney Disease - Kidney Care UK
Dealing with a diagnosis - Kidney Care UK
Diabetes and kidney disease - Kidney Care UK
Dialysis Away From Base (DAFB) - Kidney Care UK
Donating a kidney - Kidney Care UK
Eating out or taking out Patient Information leaflet cover
Emotional resilience - Kidney Care UK
Employment rights - Kidney Care UK
Exercise and being active cover image
Fatigue (tiredness) cover image
Frailty cover
Haemodialysis access with an arteriovenous fistula - Kidney Care UK
Haemodialysis access with a tunnelled line Patient Information leaflet front cover
Haemodialysis - Kidney Care UK
Healthy eating and lifestyle for your kidneys Patient Information leaflet front cover
High potassium levels (hyperkalaemia) and kidney disease - Kidney Care UK
Home haemodialysis Patient Information leaflet front cover
How can a kidney dietitian help me Patient Information leaflet front cover
How to check your fistula and advice on needling cover
Itching and chronic kidney disease - Kidney Care UK
Kidney biopsy - Kidney Care UK
Kidney Care UK Patient Services leaflet cover
Kidney failure: what choices are there? - Kidney Care UK
Kidneys and heart disease - Kidney Care UK
Lowering your potassium levels - Kidney Care UK
Managing your fluid levels - Kidney Care UK
Peritoneal dialysis - Kidney Care UK
Receiving a kidney - Kidney Care UK
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Shared haemodialysis care Kidney Care UK
Understanding your CKD blood and urine test results - May 2024 - COVER_Page_01
Welfare benefits & financial support - Kidney Care UK