Kidney Life

• How to obtain your copy of Kidney Life
• A Day in the Life of...

How to obtain your copy of Kidney Life

Kidney Life is the magazine of the National Kidney Federation. To receive a copy (Kidney Life is published four times a year), become a ‘Friend” of the NKF by:

1. Completing the application form (available on this web site), or
2. Phoning the Worksop headquarters direct - (01909) 544999, or
3. Going to our ‘Contact Us’ page, leaving your name and address and asking for an Information Pack on becoming a Friend of the NKF.

Existing members of a UK Kidney Patient Association (KPA) receive the magazine by post to their home address free of all charge. If you are a member of a KPA and are not receiving a copy in the post please contact the NKF Helpline [(0845) 601 02 09] and this will be arranged. Details of patients are kept by the NKF in the strictest confidence. You will need to give your full name and address and the name of the KPA that you belong to. You may also do this going to the ‘Contact Us’ page.

Click here to download a copy of the Kidney Life poster and ensure that copies are displayed in your renal unit, satellite units and transplant centres in a prominent location.

Click here to read Kidney Life online. The special online edition is published approximately six weeks after the printed edition is circulated.

A Day in the Life of...

These articles first appeared in ‘Kidney Life’, with the people below being interviewed by the magazine's editor, Deborah Duval. Many thanks to Deborah for all her work and we hope you find these articles helpful. If you have any comments or questions, please click on the ‘Contact Us’ button above left and fill in the form on that page.

• Jane Atha, Renal Social Worker at the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough (added 22 October 2007)
• Carol Aitken - APD and SAPD patient, and husband Ken (added 9 July 2007)
• Patricia Franklin, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist Psychologist in Transplantation at the Oxford Churchill Renal Unit (added 13 April 2007)
• Di Piechowicz, carer of husband and home haemodialysis patient, Andy (added 28 November 2006)
• Emma Thirlwall, Transplant Coordinator (added 28 November 2006)

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