The UK Renal Registry (UKRR) wants to ensure that patients are at the heart of everything they do. Over the last two years they have established a Patient Council and are now looking for new members to join. If you are a kidney patient or the relation or carer of a kidney patient, you might like to think about joining. The Patient Council: Gets involved in…
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A very satisfactory end to the week on Friday 26th August – Sky News took up on the theme of AKI with a patient, Andrew Quille, who recently suffered from AKI being shown on film with Chris Laing, his consultant. Richard Fluck was also interviewed so we have achieved a much higher profile for AKI after Sky picked up on the Patient Safety Alert from NHS Improvement,…
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Comms on a Page provides you with the latest brief messages about progress on the Think Kidneys programme. More detailed information can be found across the website.
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The Autumn 2016 update for the Think Kidney’s AKI programme is now available.
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On Friday 26th August the Think Kidneys programme took to the airways with a 10-minute feature on acute kidney injury on Sky News. Sky News had picked up the story, particularly the annual number of deaths associated with AKI and the fact that many could be prevented, from the recently published Patient Safety Alert from NHS Improvement. The Stage 2 alert highlighted the resources available to…
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