What was new in 2004

The following links show what WAS new in 2004. 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 2004

• Comments invited (by 31 January 2005) on Draft Guidelines for Identification, Management and Referral of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

19 November 2004

• Incorporation of the NKF

7 November 2004

• Minutes of the NKF Council (on 3^rd October 2004) - [Password]
• Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the NKF Council (on 3^rd October 2004) - [Password]

2 November 2004

• Results of the NKF Anaemia Survey - August 2004
• NKF’s letter to NICE on Anaemia Management in Chronic Kidney Disease Guideline

1 November 2004

• Dialysis Line (central venous catheter) Insertion for Haemodialysis

15 October 2004

• Kidney Biopsy (new version)
• Kidney Transplant Biopsy
• NKF Credits

7 October 2004

• I’ve got Kidney Disease — will I Need Dialysis or a Transplant?
• Calculate your Kidney Function - Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)

14 September 2004

• NKF Christmas Cards - 2004
• Payment for Haemodialysis Treatment whilst away from Home Unit - a further letter from NKF to Dept. of Health

10 September 2004

• A guide to the treatment of Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome (New series of pages)

4 September 2004

• Payment for Haemodialysis Treatment whilst away from Home Unit - an exchange of correspondence between the NKF and UK Dept. of Health

7 August 2004

• Lots of new Information on claiming Benefits including ‘Benefits for Carers’, ‘Contact Numbers for Advice on Benefits’, ‘Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Information Pack’ and ‘Know Your Benefits - A Guide for Renal Patients and Carers’

28 July 2004

• A CAPD Exchange in pictures

16 July 2004

• New series of pages for ‘Children with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection - a Guide for Families’

12 July 2004

• Parliamentary Question on ‘Kidney Dialysis whilst on Holiday/Business’

23 June 2004

• NKF Conference 2004, ‘Time for Quality Time’, 1st to 3rd October 2004. Click here for more details and Booking Form

22 June 2004

• Soap Life and Organ Donorship on the Community Channel w/c 5th July - click here for more details
• Renal Failure and me - an article in the Perceptions series by Maureen Hendon

17 June 2004

• Renal Information for Children and their families - a new series

14 June 2004

• Minutes of the NKF Annual General Meeting on Saturday 27 March 2004 - [Password]
• Minutes of the NKF Council Meeting on Saturday 27 March 2004 - [Password]
• Amended NKF Constitution - [Password]

3 June 2004

• Questions asked in the House of Lords on Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Specialisesd Treatments

23 May 2004

• The Holiday Dialysis pages (Click on the following links to go to the individual pages - UK, European, Worldwide and Cruises) have been updated and include some new centres.

22 March 2004

• NKF Council Minutes (of meetings held March and September 2003) and the 2003 AGM (March 2003) now on this website - [Password]

10 March 2004

• 2 further Parliamentary Questions Answered - People's perceptions on Transplantation, Modernisation following NSF (Part 1)

29 February 2004

• Stem Cells - a Possibility for Renal Transplantation?

28 February 2004

• NKF 25th Anniversary Conference, ‘Aiming for Gold’, Blackpool (September 2003) - the full report including summaries and full transcripts of the talks by Renal Professionals and Patients
• NKF Appeal against NICE Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) on Immunosuppressive Therapy for Renal Transplantation - includes downloadable PDF copy of the FAD

12 February 2004

• House of Commons 10 minute rule Bill - on Organ Donation and Presumed consent

1 February 2004

• Life on Daily Haemodialysis, by Keith Reynolds (... in the ‘What’s it really like - Patient Experiences’ series)

14 January 2004

• Gordon Nicholas, Chairman of the NKF, welcomes the publication of Part One of the Renal National Service Framework (NSF)
• Click to view the full version of the Renal National Service Framework (Part 1) (PDF, 303 Kb)

12 January 2004

• UK Transplant Campaign - Leave more than Memories
• UK Department of Health Press - Release Better Information for carers

6 January 2004

• NKF Submission to the House of Commons Health Select Committee enquiry into Obesity in the UK (sent 23 April 2003)

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