About London Kidney Network
About LKN
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- improvement experience
- improve outcomes
- promote and establish cost-effective service models
The LKN works with kidney expert doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, as well as GPs, commissioners and public health experts. We work collaboratively to identify what good looks like and to help services make changes to meet that vision.
The starting point for ‘what good looks like‘ are the Renal Service transformation Programme (RSPT) and renal GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time). We have looked careful at the recommendations. The priorities in these reports form the basis of our workplan in the lKN.
Renal Networks (there are 8 in England) were set up to deliver the recommendations of GIRFT and RSTP and sit under the remit of the Transform CRG in the Internal Medicine National Programme of Care of NHS England.
Our principles
Our principles were co-designed with our partners and are at the heart of all our work.
Our principles are:
- Improvement in patient outcomes and experience over all
- Relationships and collaboration over silos and isolation
- Purposeful innovation and improvement over status quo
- Diversity, equity and inclusion over ease and familiarity
- Sustainability and resilience over short term wins
- Flexibility and responsiveness over fixed, rigid mindset
- Transparency over comfort
London and Surrey kidney facts and figures
Six Integrated Care Systems
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- North-East London Health and Care Partnership
- North Central London Partners in Health and Care
- North-West London Health and Care Partnership
- Our Healthier South-East London
- South-West London Health and Care Partnership
- Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership
Seven Renal Units
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- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Providing kidney services across 32 London Boroughs & Surrey
There are
people in London living with Chronic Kidney Disease
London has around 15k prevalent renal replacement therapy patients.
- 6.5k people are on haemodialysis
- 15.2k people have end-stage kidney failure
- 8.7k people have had a kidney transplant
Data from the UKKA Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) Survey shows patient experience is poorer in London in key metrics, such as shared decision making.
London and Surrey’s
renal units provide care to
26%
of Englands
in-centre
haemodialysis
patients
The seven adult renal centres deliver dialysis in over 45 units, delivering care to around 5,800 in-centre haemodialysis patients.
At the current rate of dialysis growth, London could have an extra 700 dialysis patients in 10 years’ time.
This would require additional capacity equivalent to Kings to accommodate.
Learn more about our data
How we work
We bring leaders and experts together from across London to support change through a variety of development and delivery groups.
We hold monthly Leadership Fora which provide an opportunity to learn from local and national experts and share examples of work to improve kidney care.
Our Board provides oversight, with representation from all ICSs, member Trusts, NHSE and patient representatives. It is accountable to the Joint Committee in London.
To Learn more about the LKN you can read our latest annual report.