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Energy reimbursement payments are coming soon for people in Northern Ireland who are undergoing home peritoneal dialysis treatment.

The NHS is giving people access to their GP health record on the NHS App, NHS website and other GP online services. This means people will be able to easily access information including consultation notes, test results and letters.

NHS Blood and Transplant, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office are working in partnership to introduce a new option to allow people to register their organ donation decision.

Patient recruitment has opened for the Stratification of Clinically Vulnerable People for COVID-19 Risk Using Antibody Testing (STRAVINSKY) study, which aims to build our understanding of the individuals who are at highest risk of Covid-19 infection.

Kidney Care UK has joined 16 patient advocacy organisations from across the world to form the Global Patient Alliance for Kidney Health.

Hosted by sports presenter and transplant recipient Stephen Watson, Kidney Care UK's Kidney Golf Classic event raised over £35,000 for the kidney community in Northern Ireland.

Last week Donna and Steve Harrison completed a challenge that has been eight years in the making by finishing the Wainwright Challenge and raising funds for Kidney Care UK.

Ahead of Organ Donation Week Kidney Care UK and NHS Blood and Transplant met with over 40 MPs at Westminster to discuss organ donation and urge the government to increase public awareness of life-saving transplantation.

SGLT2 inhibitor Jardiance receives approval from the UK's medicines regulator.

Thousands of people with kidney disease in four Scottish cities are being offered specialist support from a ground-breaking partnership between Kidney Care UK, gas network company SGN and Scottish Water.

Kidney Care UK has submitted evidence to inform the government's Major Conditions Strategy for England, explaining some of the key challenges for people living with kidney disease and what improvements could be made.

If you receive haemodialysis or are a kidney health care professional in Scotland, we'd love to hear about your experiences of travelling to and from in-centre (hospital / satellite unit) dialysis.

Charity gains PIF TICK accreditation for patient information resources.

Water company United Utilities and Kidney Care UK have formed a partnership to give kidney patients in the North West additional support.

The UK’s leading kidney patient support charity and E.ON Next, one of the UK’s major energy suppliers, have announced a new partnership which will help signpost additional help available to people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including people who undertake life-saving haemodialysis at home.

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Kidney Care UK, the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity, Wales & West Utilities, and the Welsh Kidney Network are working together with NHS Wales to offer specialist support to 1,500 people with kidney failure in Wales.

Kidney Care UK is working with the independent and impartial UK Covid-19 Inquiry to encourage everyone in the kidney community to share their unique experiences of the pandemic. Share your story as part of the Every Story Matters campaign.

Jo-Anne Dobson is a living kidney donor, Kidney Care UK Northern Ireland Ambassador and a former Stormont MLA who has been at the forefront of campaigning for Dáithí's Law.

In its early stages, chronic kidney disease is ‘silent’ and doesn’t usually cause symptoms, but as it gets more advanced, there are some signs you may notice.

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