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The National Voices coalition share stories of how life has really been during the UK’s pandemic response. The Covid-19 virus has disrupted the way we live our lives. Read other people’s experiences of this time of change here. In October 2020 a report ‘Stories of shielding. Life in the pandemic for those with health and care needs’ was published. The report can be found here.

Kidney patient, campaigner, and advocate Maddy Warren talks about her experiences of self isolation during the coronavirus pandemic in the first of a two part blog. You can read it on the Kidney Care UK website here.

A Kidney Warrior’s brave journey?  Holly, a transplant recipient writes about her experiences on her website: Secondhand Life

The laboratory Medicine team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals implemented a Drive-Through Phlebotomy Service in March 2020, as part of the organisation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trust was concerned that there would be a reduced number of patients not receiving routine blood tests either due to shielding or anxiety about visiting hospital or GP settings for risk of contracting COVID-19. Physical distancing guidance also meant…

Susan Spence, Welsh Renal Clinical Network Manager What we did As the extent of Covid pandemic became clear and particularly in relation to the vulnerability of dialysis patients reliant on unit based dialysis, the Welsh Renal Clinical Network (WRCN) and partners collectively recognised the need to ensure that patients received calm, accurate and consistent messaging. Acknowledging that not all patients are comfortable with accessing social media…