Autumn 2021
We are happy to work with peer support services that are already running in some areas of the country, please get in touch to see how we can work together.
Policy areas
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We are actively involved in the recently launched Renal Services Transformation Programme. One of the workstreams is on dialysis and through this work, we will highlight our concerns about home dialysis.
Our campaign to increase home dialysis in the UK is possibly the most extensive campaign the NKF has led. Covid-19 has shown that patients who dialysed at home were able to protect themselves better from infection and death compared to patients who dialysed in a hospital or unit. Increasing dialysis at home for more patients is supported by the NHS, but progress to date has been limited and we need everyone’s support with this campaign. If you can help, please contact us.
The NKF has been invited to speak at several national conferences, including the UK Kidney Week in October 2021, to talk about home dialysis. We have also written to the Health Ministers of the four devolved nations requesting their response to our report.
New data We are working with the UK Renal Registry and will publish the latest data on home dialysis provision by centre. The data will include changes in provision over time as well as how provision for BAME patients compares with other patients.
Covid-19 has shown that patients who dialysed at home were able to protect themselves better from infection and death compared to patients who dialysed in a hospital or unit.
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