Kidney Patient Associations

The NKF is a federation of 49 separate Kidney Patient Associations (KPAs) geographically spread across the UK. This page contains their names, locations and website details.

Guidance notes

Please zoom the above map to see the location of a KPA near you. Clicking the NKF logo will give you the name and website address (if we have one) of that KPA.

Alternatively, if you already know the name of the KPA, click on its name below to link to their website.

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A
Addenbrooke's KPA
Aintree KPA
B
Barts Renal Patients' Association
Bristol Area KPA
Bute Kidney Patients Support Group
C
Chesterfield KPA
Colchester KPA
Coventry & Warwickshire KPA
D
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Kidney Association
Dudley KPA
E
Exeter & District KPA
F
Friends of Derriford Hospital Kidney Unit
G
Gloucestershire Kidney Patients' Association
Guy’s & St.Thomas’ KPA
H
Heart of England KPA
Hope KPA
Humberside KPA
I
Ipswich & District Kidney Association
Isle of Wight KPA
J K
Kent KPA
King’s KPA
L
Leicestershire KPA
Lincolnshire KPA
Lister Area KPA
M
Manchester Royal Infirmary KPA
Manx KPA

N
North East Kidney Patients' Association (NEKPA)
Northamptonshire KPA
North Staffs & South Cheshire KPA
Nottingham and Notts KPA
O
Orkney KPA
P Q
Queen Elizabeth Hospital KPA
R
Royal Derby KPA
Royal Free Hospital KPA
Royal London Hospital KPA
S
Sheffield Area Kidney Association (SAKA)
Scottish Kidney Federation
Shropshire KPA
Six Counties KPA
South Eastern KPA
South East Scotland KPA
Southport Kidney Fund
St Helier and Surrey KPA
T
Tyneside KPA
U
United Norwich KPA
V W
Wessex KPA
West London KPA
West Riding KPA
X Y
Ysbyty Gwynedd KPA
Z

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