New clinic brings kidney transplant assessments closer to home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 10:03 · Archive

A new kidney transplant assessment clinic has opened at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, running monthly to serve patients in the area.

A new specialist kidney transplant assessment clinic has opened at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, running on the first Tuesday of each month. The clinic operates through a partnership between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, allowing patients in the area to access surgical assessments closer to home.

Patients can now see a kidney transplant surgeon in a familiar hospital environment, reducing journeys and costs. Further tests needed for assessments will also take place at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, allowing patients to complete their pre-transplant evaluation locally rather than travelling to Sheffield.

How it is being reported

• New clinic brings specialist kidney transplant assessments closer to patients’ homePatients preparing for a kidney transplant in Sheffield can now attend surgical assessment closer to home. The new clinic will run at Doncaster Royal Infirmary on the first Tuesday of each month through a partnership between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It will allow patients to see a kidney transplant surgeon in a familiar hospital environment, reducing journeys, cost and worry, and any further tests needed will also take place at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. Wherever possible, patients will be assessed before they need to…Sheffield Star · 14 Oct, 09:43
• New Doncaster clinic brings kidney transplant assessments closer to homeThe clinic will run each month at DRIDoncaster Free Press · 13 Oct, 16:01

In this story: Doncaster Royal Infirmary · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals · Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster · Sheffield

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