The Renal Services department at UHCW is led by a team of 16 consultants, working with five consultants in Renal Transplant and Access Surgery. Our base ward is Ward 50.
Consultants are supported by senior trainees (registrars), who have decided to spend a year (or more) of their training in Coventry.
In addition, we are supported by trust grade registrars, junior doctors, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Renal Nurse Specialists (RNS; who work partly in the community), managers and an administration team. We also have specialist dietitians, social workers, technicians and a psychologist.
We are the regional centre for Nephrology and Transplantation for Coventry and Warwickshire. We cover up to one million patients and provide a comprehensive renal service; including all types of dialysis - for AKI , Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-stage Renal Failure (ESRF) - and both deceased donor and living transplantation. We also carry out renal transplantation for patients with high levels of antibody, and across the ABO barrier (Antibody Incompatible Transplantation) – with a desensitisation protocol.
There are about 1,000 patients on haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, having supportive care or with a transplant. We provide a plasma exchange service for renal and non-renal (e.g. haematology, neurology) patients. We have a research programme, with an interest in transplantation immunology. We have also been involved in the development of the four-year 'postgraduate' medical course at Warwick Medical School, which took its first entry in October 2000.
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