Cohort 2 Learning & Sharing Event

The TP-CKD Learning & Sharing event for Cohort 2 took place in Birmingham on 08th November 2016. This event brought together clinicians and patients living with CKD Cohort 2 of the TP-CKD Programme, along with those that are already participating in Cohort 1. It was a very exciting and energetic day with Cohort 1 sharing their learning and experiences (the good and the bad) and Cohort…

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Think Kidneys Hits the Media

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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TP-CKD Programme – August Newsletter

The latest Transforming Participation in CKD update for August 2016 is now available below. Rachel Gair, Person Centred Care Facilitator and Sarah Evans have produced this month’s update.

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TP-CKD Programme Patient Survey Results on Patient View

The TP-CKD programme is about supporting and helping patients with kidney problems to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to be involved in actively managing their own health care. This is known as patient activation. We are also interested in understanding how kidney problems affect the way people affected by CKD live their lives. The programme is rapidly gaining momentum and kidney patients from…

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