Letter: Kidney Patients in Need of Home Care ; Voice of the North
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IT'S great to hear that Newcastle is set to be home to a new pounds 100m children's hospital which will include a kidney dialysis service. Life on dialysis is hard, but there are ways to improve quality of life for kidney patients by providing local kidney services and offering patients the option of home treatment.
There are 41,776 people in the United Kingdom receiving renal replacement therapy according to the most recent Renal Registry Report. But the registry also reveals that less than 25% of dialysis patients receive their treatment at home, and the discrepancy widens depending on your age or even where you live.See the full content of this document
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Letter: Kidney Patients in Need of Home Care ; Voice of the North
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