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Kidney Charities call for Patients COVID Vaccine Priority

Kidney charities call for dialysis and transplant patients to be priority for COVID vaccine   Kidney Wales, together with Kidney Care UK and Paul Popham Fund, have joined forces to...

Kidney Wales funds research into young adults with chronic kidney disease in Wales

Kidney Wales funds research into young adults with chronic kidney disease in Wales   PHD student Paula Krawiec, from Swansea University, is conducting research into how young adults age 18-35...

Eat, move, soothe! Tips for kidney patients to keep well in winter

On 25 November 2020, a second virtual conference was held for people with kidney disease in Wales. Chaired by Caron Jones, Renal Social Worker from Wrexham Maelor, the conference offered...

COVID-19 vaccination for adult patients with kidney disease: a position statement from the UK renal community

People with kidney disease have been severely affected by COVID-19 with high rates of severe infection, critical illness and death.  The renal community welcomes the imminent arrival of effective COVID-19...

Is This One Step Closer to Normal – COVID-19 Vaccine Update

Is This One Step Closer to Normal – COVID-19 Vaccine Update   Today Welsh Government Health Minister, Vaughan Gethin shared the latest news relating to the COVID-19 Vaccine. The UK...

Winter Wellbeing with Kidney Wales

Winter Wellbeing with Kidney Wales   The 2020 holidays will be very different for a lot of us. You may have to find a new way to celebrate or make...

Organ Donation Opt-Out law Marks 5 Year anniversary.

Did you know it’s five years since the law was passed? Today, Tuesday 1st December 2020, marks five years since the introduction of the soft opt-out system in Wales. 8...

Dr Mike Stephens COVID vaccine Q&A – your questions answered!

COVID vaccine Q&A with Dr Mike Stephens Consultant Transplant Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales There is new information coming out daily relating to the COVID-19 vaccines. There has been a...