Kidney Patient Guide

Spoke to Renal Unit earlier, they too said that the government was responsible for sending out the letters. When I explained I needed to show something to my employer to prove I was in the group they immediately said “Oh, OK. We’ll send you a letter in the post first class.” So now expecting it tomo...

GP has got back to me with (in essence) “we’re not responsible for this”. They’ve then referred me to the guidelines on gov.uk - the same one’s that say to ring my GP if the letter hasn’t arrived by 29th March.

Can’t get through to my Renal Unit at the mo. Will keep trying.

Yes, I was reading it earlier. I actually started isolating/shielding last Monday on the assumption that I was in the group and told my workplace I’d be off for 12-weeks. They asked for a copy of the letter when it arrived which is why I started chasing it today. Very surprised to be told I wasn’t i...

Just got off the phone to my GPs surgery to ask when my letter would arrive telling me to shield for 12 weeks. The secretary who answered said that I wasn’t on the list as although “I can see from your record that you’ve had a kidney transplant”, they didn’t consider me to be in the Extremely Vulner...

Hi all. I've got my transplant date through (15th Sept) and all my pre-op appointments. In the info for the HTA Interview it says I should write a statement of why I want my sister's kidney (er, 'cause I don't want to die?) Any advice on what I should put in it, how it should be phrased etc?