The Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership’s Home Dialysis project

Dialysis at Yours (DAYLife) - The Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership’s Home Dialysis project

KQuIP launched their home dialysis quality improvement project, DAYLife, in 2019. It is a collaboration between all the main players in the field – NHS, industry and charities, with the aim of improving patient choice and uptake of home dialysis. The Covid-19 pandemic has only underlined the importance of this as there is clear evidence which demonstrates that home dialysis significantly reduces the risk of dialysis patients contracting, or dying from the virus. This was the background against which the project has been developed, and it has drawn on the work of a number of other initiatives: The NKF home dialysis campaign, the Renal GIRFT report and the RSTP. A number of learning events have taken place and the major themes which have emerged can be summarised thus: a The importance of linking home dialysis services to the whole kidney care pathway (e.g. advanced kidney care and in-centre haemodialysis). b The dependency of standalone interventions on factors such as leadership, culture, skills and staff awareness within kidney centres. c Patients as powerful drivers for change. d Industry partners as providing valuable resource, expertise and sustainability. Moving into 2022 the future project priorities will include: a Capturing , sharing and learning from patient experience of home dialysis. b Elevation and communication of regional and local improvements in home dialysis. c Provision of national education and training around home dialysis improvement through webinars. d Provision of measurement support for home dialysis improvement. KQuIP are continuing to build momentum and energy into the project by collaboration with the main players to bring kidney care improvements to those affected by kidney disease. In this context the NKF is committed to working with KQuIP to improve the numbers opting for home dialysis. The full report provided to NKF can be found here: https://www.kidney.org.uk/kqip-home-dialysisproject-dialysis-at-yours-daylife