KPA – Guy’s and St Thomas’ Kidney Patients Association

To celebrate the Medical Research Council’s centenary this year, the MRC Centre for Transplantation based at Guy’s Hospital, is hosting a one day pop-up exhibition. This unique interactive exhibition will showcase how research has been applied for the benefit of patients. It will feature interviews with the pioneers of science and transplantation and a multi-player video game demonstrating cutting edge research. It is free to…

Paralympic gold medallist David Weir officially opened the Borough Kidney Treatment Centre in SE1 on Wednesday 1st May 2013. This community-based centre, run by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, provides a relaxing, pleasant environment for patients with kidney disease to dialyse at a time and place convenient to them.  David Weir said: “I am delighted to officially open the Borough Kidney Treatment Centre…

This year the KPA had five runners in the London Marathon, Sarah Maple, Hannah Maple, Carmen Day, Edward Dell’Anno and Ben Hylton.   All of our runners worked really hard training and raising funds in support of the KPA. For two of our runners Hannah & Sarah (above) this was their first time that they had ever ran a marathon!  Hannah said of the day “It…

  MyKidneyCare smartphone ‘app’ has been produced by the KPA together with clinicians from Guy’s and St Thomas’  kidney service. It was launched last year and was aimed at young adult kidney patients. Version 2 is now available for android, iphones and ipads and is suitable for kidney patients of all ages. The app has been designed to be both a hand held kidney care record…