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Kidney Care UK and South East Water are joining forces to make sure vulnerable people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can access the vital support they need.

As we head into the winter months, we are working with the NHS to make sure everyone living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) knows how to keep warm and well in the colder weather and get the support they need.

The first patients have been in enrolled in a new international trial which will investigate if combining a new drug with existing treatments can reduce the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progressing, as well as lessen the risk of patients suffering heart failure and death from cardiovascular disease.

Following successful campaigning from Kidney Care UK reimbursement payments are now being made to people in Northern Ireland who are undergoing home peritoneal dialysis treatment.

New data released this week by Kidney Care UK has revealed an alarming lack of knowledge about the main signs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with one in four (27%) people unable to identify the seven main signs of a loss of kidney function.

Today is the launch of our new Bloody Amazing Kidneys campaign to help identify those most at risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and encourage them to be tested.

The annual Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) survey is open until 11 November 2024. Your anonymous feedback helps lead to improvements and lets your unit know what you think they are doing well.

Marking 30 years of the Organ Donation Register, this Organ Donation Week (23-29 September) is a chance to celebrate the lives changed by donation and encourage people to register their organ donation decision.

Local NHS worker Hannah Fawcett and local bicycle instructor and mechanic Ede Harrison set a new women's tandem Land's End to John O'Groats record and have raised over £3,500 for Kidney Care UK.

On 14 September Putney resident Millie Wenham rode 10 miles dressed as Mary Poppins to raise money for Kidney Care UK as part of the Wimbledon Village Stables 50th Sponsored Horse Ride.

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.

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.