Health Equalities
Accessing mental health support at a time of need
Accessing mental health support at a time of need 15 May 2023 Beauty therapist Sabina Saeed has suffered from severe kidney complications since she was a baby, but wasn’t offered psychological support until she was in her mid-thirties and going through dialysis. With that in mind, she was eager to get involved with the focus…
Read MoreMental health impact on kidney disease patients revealed: our new report calls for urgent change to services
Mental health impact on kidney disease patients revealed: our new report calls for urgent change to services 11 May 2023 Last year we received an overwhelming response to the survey we ran to gauge how kidney patients felt about their mental health and the support available. Supporters took up the cause and emailed politicians to…
Read MoreNew screening programme in Wales
New screening programme in Wales 13 April 2023 Working in partnership with NHS Wales and Diabetes UK Cymru, and in consultation with Kidney Wales, we’re spearheading a new project to screen for and prevent chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people with diabetes in Wales with existing kidney patients empowering at-risk patients. The problem Diabetes is…
Read MoreImproving organ and tissue donation awareness within ethnic minority communities in Wales thanks to NHSBT funding.
Improving organ and tissue donation awareness within ethnic minority communities in Wales thanks to NHSBT funding. 05 April 2023 Thanks to £10,000 of funding from NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re teaming up with Kidney Wales to improve organ and tissue donation awareness within ethnic minority communities in Wales, ultimately increasing the number of organs available…
Read MoreKidney disease patients “misunderstood and overlooked” in Scotland
Kidney disease patients “misunderstood and overlooked” in Scotland 13 December 2022 We have called on the Scottish government to develop a national strategy to combat chronic kidney disease (CKD). We published a report this week following a roundtable discussion in September to identify the opportunities to transform outcomes for people with CKD in Scotland. Convened…
Read MoreCollaborating with high-risk communities to reduce kidney health inequalities
Collaborating with high-risk communities to reduce kidney health inequalities 26 August 2022 Among the African and Afro Caribbean community (AACC), kidney disease is known to be more common but also more often undiagnosed. With funding from Kidney Research UK, Roseline Agyekum and her team at King’s College Hospital, are developing a peer educator led approach…
Read MoreTransplant hope for minorities as researchers change kidney blood type
Transplant hope for minorities as researchers change kidney blood type 15 August 2022 Kidney Research UK-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully altered the blood type on three deceased donor kidneys in a ground-breaking discovery that could have major implications for kidney patients. The project could increase the supply of kidneys available for…
Read MoreNew longterm mental health and wellbeing plan for England
New longterm mental health and wellbeing plan for England 06 May 2022 On 12 April the Westminster Government published a consultation on its new Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan for England. The ‘call for evidence’ is designed to inform a new 10-year mental health plan to prevent mental ill-health, improve mental health support across the…
Read MoreI feel the need to be worthy of my donor kidney
I feel the need to be worthy of my donor kidney 16 March 2022 Thomas Finan was just 14 years old when he was diagnosed with kidney disease. He had been having bad night sweats which initially were put down to hormonal changes. But thanks to his mother’s persistence, and a supportive GP, he was…
Read MoreLife turned upside down
Life turned upside down 15 March 2022 Kidney disease attacked Nicci Rimmer without warning and the fallout continues to affect her physically, mentally, financially and socially. She believes much more must be done to support and inform people faced with life-changing kidney disease and is backing Kidney Research UK’s call for all kidney patients to…
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