SAKA Committee
Membership Secretary: Glynis Beattie
Phone: 07516026762
7 Talbot Place, Sheffield S2 2SS
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NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION
The largest kidney patient charity in the UK. Run by kidney patients, for kidney patients.
The NKF is a federation of about 70 separate Kidney Patient Associations (KPAs) geographically spread across the UK. Sheffield Area Kidney Association is one of these.
Phone: 01909 544999
The NKF website contains a wealth of information about kidney disease.
NHS ORGAN DONOR REGISTER
To join, or to find out more about the NHS Organ Donor Register visit their website
Patient View allows renal patients to view their latest test results online, along with clinic letters and information about diagnosis and treatment. You can set up alerts, monitor your symptoms and download your records. You can view Patient View from anywhere in the world and share your information with anyone you want.
Ask at your Kidney Patients clinic or Dialysis unit if they have Patient View available for you to register. Alternatively, click the link www.patientview.org and go through the registration process online.
The NHS Organ Donation and Transplantation website contains a wealth of facts, figures and statistics and lots of useful information for kidney patients:
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Northern General Hospital
Satellite Units: