We were delighted to co-host the official #WHA79 side event “Gestational Diabetes and Beyond” with IDF and @worlddiabetesfoundation.org Leaders discussed integrated primary care, early identification, and coordinated approaches to address kidney disease & diabetes across the life course.

Our Policy Director, Fiona Loud, spoke at the #KidneyHealth #WHA79 on prioritising prevention. A year after the kidney health resolution we're looking at what’s needed to bring kidney health to all. Thanks Glopakh for the opportunity to share our #BloodyAmazingKidneys campaign.

Time to vote and for #DogsAtPollingStations to trend! A UK tradition for elections #PointersAtPollingStations

The government is reviewing PIP, a lifeline for many living with kidney disease. They’re asking people with real experience of PIP to share what’s working, what isn’t and how the system could improve 👉 kidneycareuk.org/about-us/policy-updates/make-your-voice-heard-in-the-governments-review-of-pip

We're proud of Maddie and all our #KidneyWarriors running for Kidney Care UK. Join us as we wish them the best as they take on this huge challenge on Sunday! Read more about our other runners 👉 kidneycareuk.org/news-from-kidney-care-uk/celebrating-our-kidneywarriors-this-world-kidney-day

Did you see Lorna, John and Lindsey’s story on BBC Breakfast this morning? What an great insight into living kidney donation and its impact. Want to learn more? 👉 kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disease-information/treatments/kidney-transplantation/patient-info-donating-a-kidney-living-kidney-donation

🕯️ Thank you for helping us #ShineALight on kidney disease at 7pm last night, honouring journeys, raising awareness, and lighting up the skies and socials for #WorldKidneyDay. #KidneysMatter #DontKidYourself #KidneyCharitiesTogether

Hurray! Just in time for World Kidney Day - #BloodyAmazingKidneys #AmazingWork

👏 👏 👏 Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This #WorldKidneyDay, join our online event with the Rotary E-Club of Organ Donation UK to explore kidney health and organ donation, as well as learn about Rotary support across the UK and Ireland. The event is open to all 👉 www.sahauk.org/event-details/world-kidney-day-2026-awareness-event-1-1

We're encouraged by new NICE guidelines for people with type 2 diabetes. They focus on education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, & identifying & managing long-term complications, incl kidney disease 👉 nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28 @diabetesuk.bsky.social

🌙 Ramadan begins this week & if you’re living with kidney disease & thinking about fasting, it’s important to speak with your kidney doctor first. Fasting is a personal decision, but your safety is a priority 👉 kidneycareuk.org/get-support/healthy-diet-support/fasting-during-ramadan-with-ckd

The Don’t Kid Yourself campaign is back on 12 March. We'll be busting myths about kidney disease and showing why kidneys matter. Update your social banners & share the posts with #KidneysMatter #WorldKidneyDay 👉 https://www.worldkidneyday.co.uk/get-involved Remember to tag us too!

#KidneyHealth #SuperBowl

The deadline to vote for our film has been extended to tomorrow (6 Feb)! If you haven't already, please help us spread awareness of kidney disease and the work we do by voting for and sharing our video. It only takes 10 seconds 👉 smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/about-us-kidney-care-uk

'Let's embrace the nanny state. Shouldn't the government care about our health?' ✍️ @thekingsfund.bsky.social's Sarah Woolnough for LBC Opinion

Our new film about the support we provide is nominated for the Smiley Charity Film Awards. Voting closes on Friday (30 Jan) & it only takes 10 seconds! Please vote & share to help raise vital awareness for people living with kidney disease 👉 smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/about-us-kidney-care-uk

A bridge or a destination? How Tim Andrews became the 1st to have a #pig and then a #kidney #transplant He’s a brave man, who I got to know a little on his journey #XenoTransplantation #OrganDonation www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/h...

Andy Prigg - received a liver and kidney transplant and is now training as a transplant doctor himself apple.news/AFNLhw4WiSdu...

Thousands of South East Water households in Kent & Sussex are without water following Storm Goretti 👉 www.southeastwater.co.uk People with kidney disease are urged to sign up to the PSR ➡️www.southeastwater.co.uk/help/priority-services For any concerns about your dialysis, contact your kidney team.

Finding out you have kidney disease via an NHS app alert isn't ok & Lucy's story shows why 👉 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/kidney-disease-nhs-digital-diagnosis-text-app-gp-b2848495.html Diagnosis should come with support. That's one of the reasons we launched #BloodyAmazingKidneys

Sonsare dreamt of growing old, then those dreams were put on hold, but on the eve of Organ Donation Week, Sonsare shares how thanks to an incredible family gifting Sonsare with precious lungs, he dreams again of getting old surrounded by his family: shorturl.at/4G5as

🫀 It's Organ Donation Week, a chance to celebrate the lives changed by donation & to register your own organ donation decision 👉 organdonation.nhs.uk/register-you... Want to get involved? Share this post or download our facts to post on your own profile ➡️ kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...

📣 New episode! Organ Donation Week: Why your choice matters is the latest episode from #DiaryOfAKidneyWarriorPodcast. Listen here 👉 https://kidneycareuk.org/get-support/podcast/organ-donation-week-why-your-choice-matters/ For all of our Podcast episodes, tap here ➡️ https://kidneycareuk.org/podcast

This afternoon @cgrahamemsp.bsky.social will lead a debate marking organ donation week in Parliament. Organ and Tissue Donation week runs from the 23rd-30th of September. 📺: www.scottishparliament.tv

This week is national organ donor week. An academic encourages others to join organ donation register after his twin’s transplant saves his life northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

Chef and dialysis patient Tony has spoken to BBC news about his experience of applying for PIP. We believe that the welfare system is too complex, stigmatising & does not reflect the needs of people with kidney disease. Read Tony's story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzz0l7726o

In patients with CKD with and without type 2 diabetes, treatment with dapagliflozin slows the decline in health-related quality of life. Read more in #ASNJASN: kidney.pub/JASN0776#ASNJASN:

🖊️ Do you feel #KidneyDisease is overlooked? It’s time to act. Sign our open letter to the Prime Minister calling for a national #CKDstrategy & a better future for kidney patients 👉 www.ukkidney.org/prime-minist... @Kidney_Research @kidneycareuk @NKF_UK @PKDCharity @UKKidney

📣 Our latest report 'Left to get on with it' focuses on the social and emotional needs and experiences of adults living with kidney disease. High quality psychosocial support should be available to EVERYONE with kidney disease. Click here 👉 kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...

🖋️ On Wednesday we launched our latest report, 'Left to get on with it', focusing on the real impact of inadequate psychosocial support in kidney care. Read the full report here 👉 kidneycareuk.org/get-involved...

🏆 Feeling incredibly proud of our #BloodyAmazingKidneys campaign winning the Global Innovation Partnership Award from @boehringerglobal.bsky.social‬ last night at the Global Patient Partnership Summit. It's wonderful recognition of the impact of the campaign.

And we are all so pleased that the kidney health resolution was passed. Thank you!

❗We welcome the announcement today that the @who.int has formally adopted a resolution to reduce the burden of #KidneyDisease. You can read more about this milestone here 👇 kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki... @kidneyresearchuk.org, Kidney Wales, @nkf-uk.bsky.social, PKD Charity, Popham, @ukkidney.org

1/3🤝This week @fionacloud.bsky.social, our Policy Director, has been in Geneva for the 78th World Health Assembly (#WHA78), talking about why #KidneyHealth needs to be seen as a #GlobalPriority. @who.int @theisn.org Yesterday she met with Guatemalan ambassador (José Francisco Calí Tzay), ...

Historic decision at #WHA78: Member States of WHO today formally adopted by consensus the world's first #PandemicAgreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics. 🔗 bit.ly/43p0DsH

One of the key themes from our parliamentary roundtable event last week was how we can learn from what other countries are doing to increase the number of people with CKD identified and diagnosed sooner. Read more here: kidneycareuk.org/about-us/pol...

Our Policy Director Fiona Loud will be joining the #WHA78 #CKMForum on 22 May. She will be sharing why early diagnosis & better, more coordinated, care for Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) conditions needs to be part of the global #NCD conversation 👉🏼 bit.ly/ckmforum

📣 Join ISN & @devex.com at #WHA78 side event: Kidney Health Matters: A Policy Imperative for Economic Resilience 🗓️ May 21 | 🕣 8:30 CEST 👉 Attend or join the live stream: pages.devex.com/kidney-healt... With support from: @astrazeneca.bsky.social, @boehringerglobal.bsky.social, @novartis.bsky.social

UN Member States must support this resolution and vote in favor at the #WHA78 to drive meaningful action on kidney health. 🔗 theisn.org/in-action/ad...

The 78th World Health Assembly #WHA78 takes place May 19–27 in Geneva. A proposed resolution, led by Guatemala and cosponsored by 19 countries, calls for global action on kidney disease, which affects 850M people and is projected to become the 5th leading cause of death by 2050

Be part of the conversation with people with #transplant in the @esottransplant.bsky.social webinar. How to cope with infection risk? @fionacloud.bsky.social

Kidney disease is a worldwide killer. Treat it that way www.nature.com/articles/d41...

😲 It's been 6 months since our #BloodyAmazingKidneys awareness campaign went live, with our posters & adverts featuring QR codes linked to the Checker being scanned more than 2,200 times so far! To download & display a poster somewhere, click here: kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disea...

📣 Next month in Geneva, the World Health Assembly, the decision making body for the World Health Organisation @who.int will be debating whether to make #KidneyHealth a priority. We're calling in the UK govt to support this, find out more here 👉👇 kidneycareuk.org/about-us/pol...

At yesterday's Liaison Committee, I asked the Prime Minister about the Pathways to Work Green Paper. There is real concern about the quality of the impact assessment. The @jrf-uk.bsky.social estimates the changes will push 400,000 people into poverty, not the 250,000 the government predicted.

Good morning all! And some great news to kick off the day! After much effort from a coalition of patient groups including @nationalvoices.bsky.social @healthwatchengland.bsky.social and @patientsassoc.bsky.social NHS letters are due to get special status! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Despite gd intentions navigating England’s “complex” health and care system is “extremely difficult” and carers and patients are experiencing burnout, distress and harm as a result. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Our friend and colleague Nick Palmer absolutely smashed his run on Sunday raising over £3k for the charity! Thank you Nick 😍 💪

➡️ Stay updated! Our website now includes all you need to know about the Spring Booster #Covid19 vaccination. Find out who's eligible and how to book your appointment, depending on where you are based in the UK. Get informed 👉 kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disea...