DialysisAway want to develop solutions to improve holiday dialysis.
Travel for dialysis patients can be a real challenge. You may have experienced it first hand when arranging dialysis away from base. It can be daunting, difficult and time consuming. DialysisAway are working with the NHS, kidney patients and organisations to develop solutions for improved freedom for all dialysis patients. To do this, they want to hear from patients about their experiences with arranging dialysis away from base [DAFB].
DialysisAway 2022 survey
https://tinyurl.com/Dialysis-Travel-Survey
As a result, travel for most patients is very limited. As COVID restrictions ease, most of the population will regain their freedom to roam, but for many dialysis patients, unless changes are made, there is a risk that life may continue to feel like a permanent lockdown.
The team at DialysisAway have spent many years providing dialysis services across the UK. They have gained insight into the key barriers to patient freedom, one being the difficulty that dialysis units have in safely and compliantly handling the transfer of care. At DialysisAway they are determined to fix the DAFB process so that dialysis patients have the same freedom to travel as everyone else. For a week in the sun, for short breaks to see family and friends, travel for work and more.
We know this issue is important to many patients, but other surveys do not focus on this aspect of life on dialysis, and as a result there is a lack of formal patient feedback. The National Kidney Federation [NKF] kindly supported this initiative by launching the survey in the latest ‘In Touch’ newsletter. The survey findings will be used to ensure the attention of policy makers on dialysis patient freedom. Have your say now and complete the short survey.