TP-CKD visit to Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Northern Ireland

Last month, the TP-CKD team were invited to visit Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Northern Ireland to run a workshop with the renal team around the introduction of patient measures into their practice. The clinical lead, Dr Ying Kuan, had organised the meeting and there were over 30 attendees – nurses, patients, consultants as well as the CEO of the trust, and the local commissioner – a…

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Self Care Week 2017

Embracing Self Care for Life – Think Kidneys embraces Self Care Week 2017 Think Kidney’s Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease Programme (TP-CKD) is embracing Self Care Week this year, which takes place 13-19 November 2017.  The theme is “engaging and empowering people” and the title is “Embracing Self Care for Life”. Self Care Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of self…

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The Patient Reported Experience Measure has been extended

The online PREM survey is now open until 31st August 2017 The Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM), an annual survey open to all adult renal patients in England and Wales, has been extended this year.  Patients wishing to fill out the survey online can now do so until the 31st August 2017. We hope this will enable greater numbers of patients to take part, making the…

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