What was new in 2003

The following links show what WAS new in 2003. 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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19 December 2003

• Transplantation Cost Effectiveness, UK Transplant Press Release 287/03

17 December 2003

• Renal Revelations - A report for discussion

7 December 2003

• (Final) NKF submission to the NICE Appraisal on ‘Immunosuppressive therapy for renal transplantation’, 2nd November 2003
• NKF Press Release, 7th October 2003 - NKF Chief Executive comments on the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Appraisal on Immunosuppressents
• (Revised) NKF submission to the NICE Appraisal on ‘Immunosuppressive therapy for renal transplantation’, 6 September 2002

23 November 2003

• Two new articles in the ‘Patient Experiences’ series, PLUS a Dos and Don’ts guide for writing short pieces for this series (more articles need, particularly from Carers)

17 November 2003

• Four further Parliamentary Questions answered (Electoral Registration Form (x2), Guidance to Electoral Registration Officers, Renal dialysis services)

14 November 2003

• What to ask of a Holiday Haemodialysis Unit abroad before booking your dialysis slots

29 October 2003

• Contributions required on DoH Consultation on Choice, Responsiveness and Equity (by 11 November 2003)

24 October 2003

• Progress Towards a Renal National Service Framework

20 October 2003

• Keep Taking the Tablets - An anthology from the Transplant Ward - by Ian Mathie

30 September 2003

• The UK Department of Health’s Press Release ‘Saving Lives, Valuing Donors — A Transplant Framework for England’
• (Final Release - July 2003) has now been added to this website. The Transplant Framework document can also be downloaded (as a PDF file) from this page

20 September 2003

• Open letter to UK Kidney patients who have received a kidney transplant from abroad
• Backward Movement - time to be alert (previously published in May 2003 edition of Kidney Life)

17 September 2003

• Reimbursement of Living Donor Expenses by the NHS

12 September 2003

• The Holiday Insurance page now contains some revised information

9 September 2003

• Guy’s and St Thomas’s KPA are organising a sponsored Skydive, called ‘Operation Kidney Drop’ on Sunday 5th October 2003. For more information, click here.

30 August 2003

• NHS Dental Treatment for Renal Patients
• UK Transplant report rise in Organ Transplant Numbers

19 August 2003

• If you’re going to the NKF Conference (Hilton Hotel, Blackpool - 26th to 28th September - for more details, click here), a printable map (click here to view - PDF, 71 Kb, 18 secs@28.8K Bits/sec) is now available showing you how to get there (by road from the outskirts of Blackpool)

16 August 2003

• Read Gordon Nicholas’ (NKF Chair) report on a visit to Sharm El Sheikh dialysis clinic in Egypt

27 July 2003

• Current Renal Topics - Questions for Patients and Carers to ask of Politicians and Providers of renal treatment

2 July 2003

• NKF Conference 2002 Report, ‘Dialysis and Beyond ... the patient’s view’, now available

7 June 2003

• Details and Booking Form for the NKF Annual Patient's Conference, ‘Aiming for Gold’, 26 to 28 September 2003

1 June 2003

• NKF asks Police and Crown Prosecution Service to rescind decision to prosecute Ambulance Driver carrying Transplant organ
• Updated Young Persons Group (YPG) Pages

25 May 2003

• NKF Constitution (as amended 29 March 2003) [Password protected]

16 May 2003

• ‘UK Transplant’ Survey Shows Huge Support for Organ Donation
• Two further Parliamentary Questions answered (Asystolic Donation, Choice of Immunosuppressants)
• New Holiday Dialysis Unit in Edinburgh

10 May 2003

• Letter to Evan Harris MP requesting a meeting to discuss renal problems

7 May 2003

• What’s it really like (series) ... Renal Cyst Aspiration (by Paul Bloor)

30 April 2003

• Request for more KPA (Kidney Patient Association) information. Does your KPA have up-to-date information on its Aims and Contacts in the Local groups Zone? Check the Local Groups pages first and then, if necessary, use these Instructions (Click here) to print off and submit changes, via your KPA Chairman/Secretary, to the NKF.

15 March 2003

• Press Guide to Renal Disease (the guide itself is linked from the Press & Media page within the Campaigns Zone - click this link to go there)

9 March 2003

• Answers to Parliamentary Questions

27 February 2003

• Three new NKF Policy Statements (on Grants, Investment and Risk Management)

24 February 2003

• AGM, Saturday 29th March 2003 - Nominations and Propositions & items for the Agenda required - [Password]

20 February 2003

• Benefits for Renal Patients and Carers - new index page

13 February 2003

• NKF Annual Report 2002-2003 - [Password]

3 February 2003

• What’s it really like? ... for Mary Wells, an APD (CCPD) patient

27 January 2003

• Completing DLA forms for Renal Patients (advice for Doctors)

19 January 2003

• Three letters on (i) Skin Cancer in Renal Transplant Patients, (ii) Tertiary Provision of Paediatric Nephrology in Wales, and (iii) Future of Specialised Healthcare for the Children of Wales

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