Pre-treatment decision making

Pre-treatment decision making

Timely, tailored, community based, peer educators, multi-professional team involvement

 

We have come to realise that the whole of this patient education pathway is really important...The team are constantly assessing where each person and their family are along this pathway and what they are ready for...

Home dialysis nurse, West Midlands

Example change ideas to get you thinking (from previous DAYLife participants)

  • Include a home visit for all patients on our advanced kidney care pathway to (Nottingham)
  • Develop a more robust patient education programme; tailored to individuals and involving peer educators (Shrewsbury)
  • Re-design our education day to prioritise home dialysis; re-ordering the talks and ensuring specialists from all therapies attend (Coventry)
  • Include alternative language options in our home therapy education package (Birmingham)

Guidelines

NICE accredited clinical practice guidelines 

Available here

25th Annual Report

Analyses about the care provided to patients at UK renal centres.

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2022 UKRR AKI Report

A report on the nationwide collection of AKI warning test scores. 

Read the report