My name is Nick Palmer, I am Head of Patient Support and Advocacy for Kidney Care UK. Importantly I am a kidney patient and bring my unique insight to add to the collage that already exists. Living with kidney disease, its symptoms and side effects of treatment, is comparable to any other devastating disease, such as Cancer. At times it can be emotionally as well as…
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Vital guidance has been launched today in a new report ‘Dialysis Transport – finding a way together’. The report is the work of the Dialysis Transport Working Group, a coalition of patient organisations; Kidney Care UK, the Renal Association, the British Renal Society and the National Kidney Federation. Guidance is needed because 50% of all non-emergency patient transport paid for by the NHS is for dialysis patients,…
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The team had a busy and energising three days in Brighton for UK Kidney Week this year, with the programme committee putting Quality Improvement in kidney care high on the agenda. There were countless sessions and work-shops (so many it felt like we were at Glastonbury!) exploring the latest tools available, highlighting QI projects being implemented, and discussing how the whole community of stakeholders – patients,…
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Today is World Kidney Day! We thought this was a good time to release the Spring edition of the newsletter from the Renal Association’s quality improvement team and remind everyone, everywhere to Think Kidneys. Included in this issue – more information about World Kidney Day, a new strategic direction from the Renal Association’s President, Graham Lipkin, growing leadership skills across the multi-professional workforce with KQuIP, and…
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And the winner of the Individual Fab Change Champion Award 2018 is Leeanne Lockley! These words resound in my head every day; never in my wildest dreams would I envisage winning a ‘Fab Award’ presented by NHS England CEO Simon Stevens! But what does this mean? These awards are hosted by the Academy of Fab Stuff. A social movement platform that allows everyone who has made…
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