What was New in 2009

The following links show what WAS new in 2009. 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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24 December 2009

• Listen again to the 2009 Conference speeches

22 December 2009

• Kidney Life Winter 2009 (PDF, 3MB)

21 December 2009

• Wales to Seek presumed Consent Powers

16 December 2009

• The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries paper: Generic Medicines (PDF, 18 kB)
• Automatic Generic Substitution — Clinical implications for patients (PDF, 339 kB)
• Dispensing Doctors Association Online article: Generic Substitution

15 December 2009

• Letter to Ann Keen MP from Tim Statham OBE in response to Achieving excellence in kidney care: Delivering the National Service Framework for Renal Services
• HSJ article 14 December 2009: Kidney care improvement hampered by insufficient home dialysis, warn charities

14 December 2009

• Department of Health Mid-term report: Achieving excellence in kidney care: Delivering the National Service Framework for Renal Services

9 December 2009

• CAPD Patient Sails Atlantic Solo

26 November 2009

• Fund Raising zone

7 November 2009

• NKF United

28 October 2009

• Progress to date in implementing Organs for Transplant — presentation by Elisabeth Buggins CBE DL to the All-Party Parliamentary Group, October 2009.

3 October 2009

• Kidney Life — Autumn 2009 web edition

17 September 2009

• Seasonal ’Flu Reminder

28 August 2009

• NHS leaflet — Identifying Unhealthy Kidneys: What Do I Need to Know About Proteinuria? (PDF, 2MB)
• Marion Higgins — My Journey to Nocturnal Dialysis

29 July 2009

• Brightside of Life merges with British Organ Donor Society

28 July 2009

• Petition for Public Consultation on Generic Substitution

27 July 2009

• Parliamentary Question and answer on Kidneys: Health Education

13 July 2009

• Kidney Life Summer edition 2009

2 July 2009

• Parliamentary Questions — Tabled and awaiting answers

8 June 2009

• Dialysis Patient Choices Survey

27 May 2009

• House of Commons report — Healthcare-Associated Infections: Are we Doing Enough?

18 May 2009

• Renal Patients and Swine Flu (updated)

12 May 2009

• NKF Annual Patients’ Conference 2009 - Details
• Useful Renal Reference Work zone
• Renal Definition set No 11 V3

1 May 2009

• Department of Health updates on Swine Flu

29 April 2009

• Statement of Home Dialysis ambitions

25 March 2009

• Spring 2009 online edition of Kidney Life

22 January 2009

• Donor Target Achieved but More to Do

21 January 2009

• New Living Donor Poster sponsored by Astellas (294 kB, PDF)
• New Living Donor Leaflet sponsored by Astellas (257 kB, PDF)

16 January 2009

• Listen again to the 2008 Conference speeches

13 January 2009

• NKF Recruitment zone
• Leaving a Legacy to the NKF

7 January 2009

• Letter from Ann Keen MP to Dr Evan Harris MP on the Dialysis Manifesto

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