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Kidney Care UK responds to the Investigation of the National Health Service in England, Lord Darzi's independent investigation into the state of the NHS.

A pilot programme aiming to improve patient care for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) has been positively reviewed and could be rolled out elsewhere in the UK.

Kidney Care UK welcomes the update and letter from NHS England (NHSE) to request Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to implement a universal transport offer for haemodialysis patients. Haemodialysis patients make around 312 journeys a year to receive this life sustaining treatment.

Local NHS worker Hannah Fawcett and local bicycle instructor and mechanic Ede Harrison are going to attempt to set a new women’s Tandem Lands End to John O’Groats record, aiming to complete the 840 mile ride in less than 3 days.

Kidney Care UK are delighted to have provided £48,000 in funding for the South East Scotland Kidney Patients Association (SESKPA) to replace their holiday caravan.

Patients and staff from Merthyr Tydfil Dialysis Unit took part in a walk around Bryn Bach Park Lake in June to raise funds for the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity, Kidney Care UK.

Information for kidney patients about the Synnovis cyber attack which has affected two NHS Trusts (King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust) and some GPs in south-east London.

Kidney Care UK's new report, Transplant care in the UK: a patient perspective, has highlighted the government must take urgent action to prevent progress on increasing rates of transplantation, achieved before the pandemic, from being lost.

Kidney Care UK partners with uk gas distribution networks to provide more support to thousands of people with kidney disease across the UK

Kidney Care UK has joined over 200 organisations in challenging the people most likely to be the next Prime Minister to put tackling financial hardship at the top of their agenda from day one.

Guidance about the MMR vaccine, measles and the best way to protect yourself if you are living with CKD or have received a kidney transplant.

The new currency featuring King Charles will be issued from 5 June and we’re encouraging as many people as possible to consider donating their #FirstFiver to Kidney Care UK, the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity.

A 62 year-old man living with kidney failure became the first person to receive a successful transplant of a pig kidney, which was genetically modified to reduce the risk of his body rejecting the organ, in March 2024 at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our survey on people's experiences of the kidney transplant system. The survey is now closed. Find out how we will use the results to create positive change for kidney patients.

Working with NHS Blood and Transplant, we are asking MPs to meet with us at the Houses of Parliament for an Organ Donation reception on 3 July 2024.

A new pilot scheme launching this month will match blood transfusions intended for kidney transplant patients for white blood cell as well as red blood cells, reducing the risk of transplant rejection.

New research comparing non-surgical (medical) insertion of the abdominal catheter needed for peritoneal dialysis to surgical insertion suggests the medical method is at least as safe and effective, while being generally more convenient.

NHS England has approved a new genetic test that could flag up variations of a gene which is linked to developing kidney disease, providing more certainty to potential living kidney donors. The gene variation is more common in people of African and Caribbean heritage.

The Effects of rare kidney diseases on kidney failure study suggests that finding ways to treat people living with rare kidney diseases could help reduce the overall demand for dialysis and kidney transplants.

The Kidney Care UK response to the Spring 2024 Budget and how it might affect people living with kidney disease.

For World Kidney Day 2024, we are working as part of the Kidney Charities Together Group, alongside Kidney Research UK, the National Kidney Federation (NKF), the UK Kidney Association (UKKA), Kidney Wales and the PKD Charity, to raise awareness of kidney disease.