NKF Credits

NKF Website Credits

The National Kidney Federation would like to thank Doctor Rob Higgins FRCP - Consultant Renal Physician at University Hospital, Coventry - who as NKF Website Medical Consultant has been largely responsible for the quality, scope and depth of the medical pages information.

The NKF would also like to thank Dr Andy Stein MRCP, Janet Wild RGN, and Class Publishing for permitting extracts of the book 'Kidney Failure Explained' - first published 1999 and now in its Third Edition (2006), to be reproduced as part of this medical section and all the other contributors who have provided material for consideration and for use. These include:-

• Baxter Healthcare Ltd
• Renal Unit, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
• Claire Morlidge - Renal Pharmacist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
• Dr Charlie Tomson FRCP, North Bristol NHS Trust
• Dr Alan R Watson and colleagues in the Children & Young People's Kidney Unit, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham.
• NKF Renal Literature
• NKF Executive and Medical Advisors
• Roche Products Ltd

Patrons

• Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt
• Lawrence Keogh

Life Patrons

• Baroness Cumberlege CBE DL
• Prof Sir Netar Mallick DL FRCP
• Baroness Marsham of Ilton DL
• The Rt Hon The Lord Norrie

NKF Medical Advisors

• Dr Alison Crombie BSc MSc PhD
• Prof Terry Feest MRCP
• Ms Anne M Keogh BA (Hons) RGN
• Prof Alison MacLeod MRCP
• Prof Sir Netar Mallick FL FRCP
• Dr Richard Moore BSc MD FRCP MBA
• Dr Rakesh Patel MBChB
• Mr Hany Riad FRCS
• Dr Andrew Stein MRCP
• Dr David Taube FRCP
• Dr Alan Watson FRCP (Ed) FRCPCH

Specialist Advisors

• Mrs J Auer CQSW
• Dr Joanna Chambers MB FRCP FRCR
• Ms Cathy Holman CQSW
• Dr Philip A Dyer Phd FRCPath SRCS

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Industry partners

The NKF would also like to thank its Industry Partners for their generous and continuing support.

Richard Ian Okell

26 January 1961 - 16 December 2006

The National Kidney Federation wishes to record on this website the great debt that it owes to Richard, for founding this website in 1999 and continuing to maintain it as webmaster until his death in 2006.

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