What was New in 2007

The following links show what WAS new in 2007. 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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6 December 2007

• NKF talks to BBC Radio Five Live and a Kidney Patient about the lack of Transplants in Britain

16 November 2007

• Quality and Patient Experience

6 November 2007

• National Service Framework for Renal Services update October 2007 (PDF 3 pages 40kB)

31 October 2007

• Hear and read about Big Buzzard and the Organ Grinders’ song Live Life then Give Life
• NKF 2007 Patients’ Conference — Decisions, Decisions — Listen again

23 October 2007

• Postcard from... The boat, with Gabi and Cliff Humphries
• Postcard from... John & Jean Johnson in Edinburgh

22 October 2007

• A Day in the Life of... Jane Atha, Renal Social Worker at the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough

17 October 2007

• World Kidney Day — Mass Balloon Launch

15 October 2007

• Secure your Water and Electricity Supplies

13 October 2007

• Answers to Parliamentary Questions on Dialysis and Transplant by Mrs Janet Dean MP
• Answer to Parliamentary Question on Organ Availability for Transplant

9 October 2007

• Patient Transport Campaign page updated with Cheshire and Merseyside leaflet — Transport information for Renal Patients

27 September 2007

• UK Transplant’s My Life, My Gift campaign

3 September 2007

• Leaflet — Kidney Transplantation in Children

2 August 2007

• NKF submission to the “House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union” concerning the EC’s Communication Organ Donation and Transplantation

19 July 2007

• Jeremy Vine interview with Ms Jen Dickinson about her experience and presumed consent

11 July 2007

• A Brief Guide to UK State Benefits for Kidney Patients

9 July 2007

• Motorcycle Junction Urges Bikers to Join Organ Donor Register
• A Day in the Life of... Carol Aitken - APD and SAPD patient, and husband Ken

25 June 2007

• Summary of Guidance issued by the Department of Health in June 2007 following Parliamentary questions from Sir Nicholas Winterton MP
• Parliamentary Questions from Sir Nicholas Winterton MP to the Secretary of State for Health, with a reply from Rosie Winterton MP

13 June 2007

• Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney (MCDK) Explained

11 June 2007

• The European Community (EC) and Transplantation

9 June 2007

• Letter from World Kidney Day to the NKF
• Booklet - CKD Health Check - Look after your kidneys and keep yourself well by Dr Rob Higgins

1 June 2007

• Hear the NKF case against The Big Donor Show�broadcast 1st June in the Netherlands.

22 May 2007

• What a New Dialysis Centre should include in order to meet patient needs

15 May 2007

• NKF Annual Patients' Conference 2007 - Details and Booking Form

26 April 2007

• Dr Evan Harris MP – Best efforts on organ donation may not be enough – says leading MP

20 April 2007

• NKF Letter to the Scottish Kidney Federation confirming status

13 April 2007

• A Day in the Life of... Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist Psychologist in Transplantation - Patricia Franklin of the Oxford Churchill Renal Unit
• Ministerial reply to Sir Peter Tapsell MP concerning Journey Times to Haemodialysis

12 April 2007

• A Day in the Life of... Transplant Surgeon Andrew Ready of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, on a day he performs a living-donor transplant

22 March 2007

• NKF Promotional Materials

19 March 2007

• Fundraising with JustGiving.com

9 March 2007

• Journey Times to Haemodialysis Campaign

2 February 2007

• Royal College of GPs’ Patient Leaflet Chronic Kidney Disease: What it is - what it Means (PDF - 560 kB)

29 January 2007

• Government announces appointment of new Tsar for Renal Services.

13 January 2007

• Ray Mackey, NKF Vice Chairman discusses with UK Transplant organ donation and the gift of life.

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