If you're on dialysis and travelling around the beautiful UK's South Coast this summer you need to stop off and have dialysis at our latest holiday premium member center, the KC Holiday Dialysis Centre in Bournemouth.

This friendly, family run unit was established in 1995 and is only 100 yards from the beautiful sandy beaches of Southbourne. Bournemouth town with its famous pier and wonderful facilities are only 2 miles away!

Some exciting recent refurbishments means that the centre offers great facilities.  These include:

• Parking and wheelchair access,
• Eight dialysis stations with comfortable reclining chairs,
• Open all year around from 8am to 7pm,
• Direct online booking, putting you in control of your dialysis times,
• Arrangements with local hotels just minutes from the centre or the use of a self catered flat,
• First line medical support and
• Well trained nursing staff and on site director, with over 30 years dialysis experience.

The unit is staffed by well trained nurses and the Director, having over 30 years experience in this area of care, ensures a warm and friendly atmosphere is maintained at all times

With the London Olympics only around the corner, and such tourist attractions as the Bournemouth air show every summer and a variety of landscapes nearby from several miles of sandy beaches to the New Forest and Lulworth Cove; Bournemouth is the ideal destination for a holiday in the UK.

For further information telephone 01202 422311.

Website: www.kcdialysiscentre.com 

35 Southwood Avenue, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorest BH6 3QB

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We need your help please..... one of our forum users from the Ukraine needs a Cycler - is anyone able to help with a spare one.  Please please let me know if you can help.  We'll give your organisation some great exposure on Global Dialysis as a thank you xx

Dear All,
Pardon me in advance if my question should be in another tree of site.
I'm from Ukraine, and have started PD 2 weeks ago.
I'm looking for USed cycler from"Baxter", HomeChoice or Pro, because in our country if you wanna be free man you have to buy it and it's very expensive. I'll be very thanks to enybody which help me with this finding or give any usefull information.
Thank you in advance
Good luck
Sergey

Tampa, FL- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) today announced it’s partnership with NxStage Medical Inc. to host an AAKP HealthLine combined conference call and webinar. AAKP is the leading patient education organization who’s dedicated to improving the lives of fellow patients by helping them deal with the physical, emotional and social impact of kidney disease. The program takes place January 25, 2012 from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET.

AAKP HealthLine is one of many FREE educational programs provided by AAKP. It is a one-hour conference call and webinar designed to educate participants on a variety of topics affecting kidney disease patients and their families. The conference call and simultaneous webinar feature kidney health care experts from across the country and provide participants with the convenience of gaining knowledge from the comfort of their home or office. Time is provided at the end of each call for participant questions.

The topic of the next AAKP HealthLine combined conference call and webinar is Home Hemodialysis: Helping Patients Lead a Healthier Life! The program takes place Wednesday, January 25, 2012, from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET. The program’s goal is to educate individuals on the convenience and lifestyle benefits of home hemodialysis, as well as the overall health and medical benefits dialyzing at home provides.

Speakers include Michael Alan Kraus, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Coordinator of the Division of Nephrology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is also Medical Director of the Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD), Hemodialysis and Acute Dialysis Units. Brian Hess, a former peritoneal dialysis patient, who is now training for home hemodialysis. Also, Joe Karan, a home hemodialysis patient for more than two years.

To register for this FREE event, call 1-800-749-2257 or visit www.aakp.org/events/HealthLine/Upcoming-Calls/january2012. This program will be recorded and archived on the AAKP website. To listen to previously recorded AAKP HealthLine conference calls, visit www.aakp.org/events/HealthLine/archive.

AAKP would like to thank NxStage Medical Inc. for its support for this program.

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Welcome to the December issue of Kidney Care Matters. It’s full of the latest news in kidney care, including a new film that highlights the benefits of establishing young adult clinics for patients with long term conditions. I hope the film, which follows a group of kidney transplant patients meeting in a sports centre for their clinic, will encourage other healthcare teams to consider setting up similar clinics to provide tailored support for young adult patients. This month we are carrying out a survey among clinical biochemists, to learn more about how e-alert systems can be used to identify and manage patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). There is also news of a set of AKI competencies that has just launched, designed to provide consistent standards for all staff involved in the care of acutely ill patients. There is lots of news from NICE this month, including the launch of a new quality improvement guide to prevent and control healthcare infections. We are also pleased to announce that a podcast about the clinical guideline on anaemia management in CKD is the most popular podcast NICE has ever produced, with almost 2,000 downloads so far. Finally, the call for entries for the NICE Shared Learning Awards 2012 is now open, and I hope you will consider submitting an entry. Sandip Mitra and the home dialysis team at Manchester Royal Infirmary scooped the top award this year, and it would be a real achievement to see a kidney care team take home the prize for the second year in a row! There are lots of other stories, and, as always, you will find details of the most up-to-date publications, and links to useful websites, recent research articles and the latest issues of other kidney-focused newsletters. Finally, I hope you all enjoy a relaxing break this festive season, and come back in 2012 ready for an exciting year ahead. Beverley Matthews Director NHS Kidney Care How to Guide: One-page clinical tool improves prevention and treatment of acute kidney injury NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has developed and implemented a simple one-page algorithm which has improved awareness, monitoring, assessment and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI). How to Guide: E-mail advice for GPs improves care for kidney patients An e-mail helpline run by kidney consultants in South Tees is enabling GPs to provide timely, convenient and more efficient care for their patients with kidney disease. Healthcare teams urged to set up young adult clinics A new film has been launched that highlights the benefits of young adult clinics for patients with long term conditions. Survey supports development of AKI e-alert systems NHS Kidney Care is carrying out a survey amongst clinical biochemists in order to gain an understanding of the use of e-alerts to highlight Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). CKD in ethnic minorities video wall A film developed by Kidney Research UK in partnership with NHS Kidney Care is now available on the NHS Choices website. New competency framework will help improve care for patients with AKI A new competency framework for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has been launched, designed to improve quality of care by providing consistent standards for all staff involved in the care of acutely ill patients. Royal Berkshire pilots home dialysis programme The Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading has launched a new scheme to boost the number of its kidney patients on home dialysis. New quality improvement guide to prevent and control healthcare associated infections A new quality improvement guide on the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in secondary care settings has been published by NICE. Kidney patients urged to get flu jab Kidney patients are being urged to ensure they have had a flu jab this winter. Grants launched for transplantation professionals The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) has launched a number of grants in order to promote the exchange of expertise amongst researchers and clinicians. Kidney teams urged to enter NICE shared learning awards Healthcare teams have until 31 January 2012 to enter the NICE Shared Learning Awards. Anaemia management guidance is ‘top of the pods’ A podcast on anaemia management in chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become the most downloaded podcast on the NICE website. Recent Research Alerts- December 2011