Connections to kidney healthcare organisations

For patients and carers

British Kidney Patient Association
A charitable association providing advice, information and grants to kidney patients and their carers in the UK.

Carers UK
An organisation of carers, providing information and support on all matters relating to caring in the UK.

Citizens Advice Bureau
An organisation with local branches throughout the UK providing information and support on a wide range of topics, including finance, legal, housing and employment.

Diabetes UK
A charitable organisation providing information and support for people with diabetes in the UK.

European Kidney Patients' Federation (CEAPIR)
A non-profit making organisation providing information and support for kidney patients in Europe.

Guy's and St Thomas' Kidney Patients Association
A charitable organisation providing support for Guy's and St Thomas' kidney patients and their carers.

Kidney Research UK
A charitable organisation that funds research into kidney disease and provides information and support for kidney patients and carers in the UK.

Labtest Online
Provides information for patients in the UK about clinical tests and what the results mean.

National Kidney Federation
A charitable organisation that campaigns for improvements to provision and treatment for kidney disease in the UK. It also provides information and support to patients and their carers.

NHS Blood and Transplant
Provides information about organ transplantation in the UK.

NHS Choices
Provides information about conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living.

NHS Direct
24 hour service providing information and advice about health, illness and health services in the UK.

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Renal Unit
Provides information for kidney patients and their carers in the UK.

For health professionals

British Renal Society
Multi-professional organisation for health professionals working in renal care in the UK.

European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association and European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA)
Organisation for nurses and allied health professionals working in renal care in Europe.

Kidney Care Matters Online
News and information from NHS Kidney Care.

Renal Association
The professional association of nephrologists (renal physicians) and renal scientists in the UK.

UK Renal Registry
A resource for the development of patient care in renal disease, providing a focus for the collection and analysis of standardised data relating to the incidence, clinical management and outcome of renal diseasse in the UK.