What was new in 2001

The following links show what WAS new in 2001. NB pages may have been updated since the page linked from this page was created. Some pages may also have been removed from the site.

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31 December 2001

• Are the collectors for Kidney Charities who they say they are?

5 December 2001

• Details of the Transplant Partnership Christmas Campaign

24 November 2001

• Shane Cross, Haemodialysis Patient

1 November 2001

• Retrieving organs - not just an ordinary operation, by a theatre staff nurse

13 October 2001

• Human Genetics and Insurance implications (including a link to the Human Genetics Commission’s website to apply to join the HGC’s Consultative Panel of people affected by a genetic disorder - see Stop Press)

6 October 2001

• NKF Anaemia Leaflet now available from the NKF Helpline in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu

28 September 2001

• National Service Framework - Four NKF patient/carer members to serve on the Expert reference group (Copy of Department of Health Press Release)
• Link to Renal NSF website (on the UK Dept of Health website)

4 September 2001

• ‘Know Your Transplant Numbers’ Card launched by NKF - Details and PDF download available
• Autumn Edition of Kidney Life out now. Download the front page (PDF format for Acrobat Reader)

15 August 2001

• Kidney Failure: A Personal Account, by Isambard Wilkinson (Journalist)

13 August 2001

• The NKF website Archive Page (view pages no longer linked from the main site)

1 August 2001

• Discovery of Bone Marrow Cells developing into Kidney Tissue opens door to new treatments (ICRF Press Release, 25 July 2001)
• Glossary of Renal Words and Abbreviations

21 July 2001

• Download the front page of the Summer Edition of KIDNEY LIFE magazine (PDF format for Acrobat Reader)

16 July 2001

• NKF Annual Patients Conference, 28/30 September 2001 - Details and Booking Form
• Report from last year’s Annual Conference
• Details of the Polycystic Kidney Disease Support Group
• What’s it really like? - A new series on Patient Experiences

20 June 2001

• Are you aware that you or your renal unit/hospital can get free or low cost information leaflets from the NKF Helpline? Click here for details...

17 June 2001

• Food with Thought - a new recipe book produced with an educational grant from AMGEN. FREE to kidney patients in the UK.

20 May 2001

• Reimbursement of Living Organ Donor's Expenses by the NHS (paper by Dr Peter Doyle, Department of Health (UK)
• Death Whilst on Life Support (paper by Dr Peter Doyle, Department of Health (UK)

17 May 2001

• NKF Living Donor Poster Campaign
• Holiday Insurance including details of insurance companies

11 May 2001

• Kidney Patients and the General Election 2001
• The Holiday Pages - new design
• Photograph of the NKF Officers

29 March 2001

• NKF to end KPA Subscriptions

21 March 2001

• Letter to UK Department of Health on Transplantation in the UK

28 February 2001

• UK Dept of Health announce drive to double numbers of kidney transplants by 2005 and Development of a Renal National Service Framework

24 February 2001

• Numbers of Living Kidney Donor transplants in the UK

18 February 2001

• New area of the medical information zone on Peritoneal Dialysis

13 February 2001

• Spring Edition of Kidney Life out now. Download the front page (PDF format for Acrobat Reader)

7 February 2001

• Pain in Kidney or Urine Diseases
• Pain - 12 steps towards control
• Loin Pain - Haematuria Syndrome
• New ‘Helpful Links’ section within the Living Kidney Donor area of this web site

23 January 2001

• End Stage Renal Failure - A Framework for Planning and Service Delivery (Launched TODAY by the Kidney Alliance) - Downloadable (PDF) version of the report available

13 January 2001

• Recent advances in nephrology, by Dr Charlie Tomson, Renal Consultant
• Iga Nephropathy (updated page)
• Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults (updated page)

7 January 2001

• Living Donor Information - This becomes the fifth zone on this web site and will be added to throughout the year.

5 January 2001

• Prescription charges in the UK - can you get them for free?

4 January 2001

• Chronic Kidney Failure - Treatment & Diet (Book by Brian Tocher, Britain’s longest surviving dialysis patient)

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