We are a registered charity founded in 1980 to support kidney patients of Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals, their families or carers.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is a centre of excellence for the treatment of kidney disease. The kidney services treat adults and children living in South East London and the surrounding areas as well as people from throughout the UK and The Channel Islands. Clinical services include treatment of early kidney disease, advanced kidney care, dialysis, transplantation and end of life care. Guy’s and St Thomas’ is a leader in the field of living donor and deceased donor kidney transplantation.
Our activities
We help patients by funding social activities in the dialysis units. We have also made contact with various organisations in the community who can support patients locally.
We raise funds to support activities such as The Transplant Games and to buy equipment for use by kidney patients in the hospitals. We also fund kidney research projects.
Membership of the KPA
All Guy’s & St Thomas kidney patients, families, carers and kidney staff are members. Young kidney patients treated by The Evelina Children’s Hospital at St Thomas’ are also supported by and involved in the KPA.
The KPA committee
The committee meets nine times a year, most meetings take place at Guy’s Hospital – some meetings are held in the community dialysis units. The committee includes patients, parents of young kidney patients and kidney staff. Everyone is welcome as a committee member or as an occasional helper.
An annual general meeting is held once a year. The next AGM is on Saturday 10th November 2012, 10am – 12.30pm, in The Roben’s Suite, 29th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy’s Hospital, London SE19RT.
National links
We are linked to The National Kidney Federation which is a national kidney charity. We also work in partnership with various kidney charities and other organisations to raise awareness of kidney disease and to support kidney patients.
Get involved in supporting the KPA
- Help support social activities at one of the dialysis units at Guy’s or in the community on behalf of the KPA
- Help support The Transplant Games: http://www.transplantsport.org.uk/
- Attend a national kidney conference on behalf of the KPA
- Support the Transplant Research Centre at Guy’s
- Get involved in planning and supporting fund raising events
- Put forward suggestions for use of KPA funds
Making a donation
The KPA relies on the generous financial support of the public to continue its activities. If you would like to donate, please go to our Just Giving website, or download this Donation Form.
Feedback The KPA are keen to hear your views, please give us your feedback by contacting: chair@gsttkpa.org
Please note that we are unable to respond to individual complaints about care at Guy’s or St Thomas’, these should be addressed to the Trust.
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