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The KQuIP team are supporting regions to restart their work on Quality Improvement, following the suspension of services due to COVID-19. Dr Kerry Tomlinson, national project lead, has written the following newsletter<\/a>, aimed at restarting QI work on the project.<\/p>\n

Transplant First started as a project in the West Midlands where we recognised that we had very low rates of pre-emptive transplant listing. The project led to improved rates of pre-emptive listing but also a change in culture around the regional renal teams in promoting QI.<\/p>\n

Transplant First has now been adopted by KQUIP. There are currently five regions implementing the project, which has a number of sides:<\/p>\n

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  1. Regions working with KQUIP receive leadership\/QI training and project management around the project.<\/li>\n
  2. The delivery team developed a data collection tool<\/a> which promotes units using it to perform a mini RCA (route cause analysis) on every patient who reaches dialysis who is potentially suitable for the transplant list but hasn\u2019t yet been listed. If you would like to have access to this tool, email julie.slevin@renalregistry.nhs.uk<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. We have developed a \u201cHow to Guide<\/a>\u201d for people embarking on a similar project<\/li>\n
  4. We use opportunities such as UKKW to share learning and challenge thinking<\/li>\n
  5. We will communicate learning and resources<\/a> through this website<\/li>\n
  6. We endeavour to work in partnership with other national bodies (LDKT network, NHSBT etc)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is well recognised that for patients with advanced kidney disease a transplant is the best form of renal replacement therapy. Patients themselves often want to have a transplant as soon as possible to avoid dialysis.\u00a0 Not every patient will be suitable, but if they are, receiving a transplant either before starting dialysis (pre-emptive) or shortly after has been shown to be beneficial. For patients who have access to living kidney donor transplant (LKDT) there is even more benefit. Despite this there is huge variability in access to the transplant list. The UK Renal Registry<\/a> and NHSBT<\/a> reports show that across the UK different Renal and transplant units have widely differing rates of pre-emptive transplant listing, time taken to listing, and access to LKDT. For a treatment which is so beneficial to patients and cost saving this cannot be acceptable.<\/p>\n

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    Importantly Transplant First is not about:<\/p>\n