Activities and research
What we are working on
Current Kidney Disease HIT activities include:
- North Bristol Trust Kidney Unit patient website restructure/upgrade.
- Campaigning on prescription charges being inequitable for patients with long term conditions in England.
- CKD monitoring, education, outreach and outcome improvement programme in BNSSG.
- Establishment of a social worker post in adult kidney care.
- Working with the renal pharmacy team on changes to the way the renal unit cares for people with CKD, including through outreach into primary care for case identification, pharmacist-led clinical reviews and education sessions.
- Expanding our patient and public and multi-professional involvement in the kidney HIT to ensure representation across the life course.
- Investigating and addressing inequalities in access to paediatric kidney transplantation
Our research
To find out more about the research each HIT member is involved in at the University of Bristol, follow these links:
