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Living Kidney Donation – could the process be improved

Diane — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:38:56 +0000

This is mainly for donors in the UK. Have you donated your kidney to either a loved one, friend, work colleague or a stranger and felt the whole process from start of evaluation to the post op care was somehow lacking? If so what improvements would you like seen? I would like to hear your [...]

Happy Christmas to you all – from Living Kidney Donation UK

Diane — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:13:29 +0000

May you all have a Blessed and Joyous Christmas. Christmas Card to you all I Pray that 2012 brings you health and happiness. The number of altruistic donors has increased dramatically this year compared to the previous years. That is brilliant news. Also the launch of the “Give a Kidney – one’s enough” charity at [...]

Live web chat with kidney transplant expert Vassilios Papalois

Diane — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:25:43 +0000

Live Web chat: Kidney transplant expert online on Tuesday 13 December from 11.00 until 12.00 The web chat will take place on Tuesday 13 December between 11am and 12pm and is an opportunity for patients and the wider public to log on and ask questions to consultant transplant surgeon Vassilios Papalois, from Hammersmith Hospital, who will [...]

Potential Altruistic Kidney Donors

Diane — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:40:36 +0000

20 Potential Altruistic Kidney Donors In the last week or so around 20 people have approached me asking about donating their kidney to a stranger. WOW! That is just so fantastic. They all were quite serious in wanting to do this having read recently all the publicity surrounding altruistic donation. Most had already done some [...]

Give a Kidney – one’s enough – new UK charity launches to promote altruistic kidney donation

Diane — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:37:24 +0000

A new charity has been launched “Give a Kidney – one’s enough”. Dr. Chris Burns-Cox, a kidney donor himself, thought it would be a good idea to have a charity which would help promote altruistic kidney donation and also offer support to anyone who wishes to offer their kidney. 300 people a year die in the [...]

Organ donation statistics UK – year end March 2011

Diane — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:27:01 +0000

Transplants save lives [as at November 2011 there had been 88 altruistic donors with the oldest being 82 years old and youngest 25 years old] In the UK between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011: 3,740 organ transplants were carried out, thanks to the generosity of 2,055 donors. 1,008 lives were saved in the [...]

Become a Living Kidney Donor – Giving a Kidney is a wonderful thing to do

Diane — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:22:36 +0000

Altruistic Living Kidney Donation Have you ever thought of giving your kidney to someone – when you are still living? It is called Living Kidney Donation. You can donate to family, friend, work colleage or someone you just heard about. You can also donate to a total stranger. Someone you have never met, never heard [...]

Featured on Radio 4 “The Choice” – Altruistic Kidney Donation

Diane — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:22:10 +0000

”The Choice” with Michael Buerk. This can now be listened to on BBC iplayer BBC iplayer The Choice Di Franks One to one chat with – Di Franks – about my choice to altruistically donate a kidney and the consequences of that choice. Produced by Dawn Bryan this series has been aired for several years now and [...]

Christian Brazier

Diane — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:34:53 +0000

Hi, my name is Christian Brazier and early 2011 I donated a kidney via the non-directed altruistic route. My name’s Christian, I’m 26 years old and work full time in Brighton and Hove. I live with my girlfriend and flat mate. I recently ran a marathon and play football regularly to give you an idea [...]

Altruistic Kidney Donation in the UK

Diane — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:46:12 +0000

Altruistic donation was only legalised in the UK in late 2006. Initially no one came forward. Then, in 2007-08, 10 people did so. That rose to 15 the next year, then to 23, then to 40 in 2010-11. Latest statistics show there have been 88 volunteers who have ranged from those in their mid-20s to [...]