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Improving the lives of people with kidney disease throughout the UK by offering support and advice to them, their families and kidney units.
Feb 15, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Next week, the Government will announce its 'Plan for Living with Covid-19' in England.

Around 500,000 people in the UK are immunocompromised, including those who have had kidney transplants (1/4) Many do not have the same level of protection from #Covid19 vaccines as everyone else. Alongside 17 other charities, we're setting out 5 key tests that the plan must meet to protect and support them to live with Covid-19 (2/4)
Sep 16, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Vaccine effectiveness in the immunocompromised - a thread 💉

Real life data showing the impact of Covid-19 on people who were fully vaccinated has been published by the Office on National Statistics for the period between Jan-July 2021

ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… (1/5) This shows the difference vaccination can make; 0.5% (252) of the 43,956 total deaths were people who were fully vaccinated. However, 13.1% of those deaths were in immunocompromised people, & 76.6% of the 252 deaths were in clinically extremely vulnerable people (2/5)
Sep 8, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
We have updated our kidneycareuk.org/coronavirus information in regards to a specific update for people in England who are eligible for the third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and how they will be contacted (1/5) A letter has been sent to all GP practices and NHS trusts in England and explains the actions that NHS organisations should take as part of the third dose roll out (2/5)
Oct 2, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
The final round of UK-EU talks draws to a close today. Yet patients are at risk of a transition to nowhere. The latest #BrexitHealthAlliance briefing addresses what UK and EU negotiators must agree to protect patients before the transition period ends bit.ly/36nIY8U The impact of not being able to get away on a holiday on your mental wellbeing is huge; we’ve seen how millions of people in the UK have had to handle not being able to get break in 2020 due to COVID-19 (1/3)
May 19, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
Delighted to let you all know that Max and Keira's Law has officially been passed & will come into effect in England as of tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who has supported this kidneycareuk.org/news-and-campa… @MattHancock @DHSCgovuk @NHSBT @NHSOrganDonor Thanks to the team @DailyMirror and to @DanJarvisMP & @LordPhilofBrum for all of the support in making this life-changing Act become Law.