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Think Kidneys will be supporting World Kidney Day this year with the launch of new information for the public about their kidneys and how to care for them. We will also be attend The Royal College of General Practitioners and the British Kidney Patient Association event during the day to learn about the priorities for the future of kidney care, the patient perspective and to celebrate…

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust joins the programme to improve care for kidney patients. We are delighted that Bradford are working with us on the programme and that patients and clinicians are working together to improve life for people with kidney disease. This is an exciting and innovative programme to put patients at the very centre of their care. For further details of their involvement please see…

A newly created film highlights Dave’s experience of chronic kidney disease, how it changed his life and how, by becoming activated and involved in his health and care he was able to take back some control and do the things in life he wanted to do. Dave’s activation as a patient changed his outlook so significantly that he decided he wanted to help others facing similar…

The very lively and energetic Learning & Sharing Event for the Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease took place in November and brought together clinicians and people living with CKD from the renal units of the first cohort of Trusts taking part in the programme team. A report on the day is now available, describing the presentations and the work the teams focussed on for the…

November 9 sees ‘go live’ for the Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease section of the Think Kidneys website. If you’re already familiar with the website you’ll notice the new landing page which we hope will help visitors easily get to where they want to be. We will be adding to the site both content and function over the coming months and we’d be very pleased to have your…