Kidney services
Overview
COVID-19: Information for kidney patients at the Royal Free London
As a kidney patient you are at an increased risk of becoming unwell if you are infected with coronavirus. Therefore it is important that you follow NHS national advice around thorough and frequent hand washing and hygiene.
The government’s guidance about COVID-19 is regularly updating and it is important to keep up to date with the latest information. The most up to date advice can be found here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
Everyone should be observing social distancing now and there are no additional measures for patients with chronic kidney disease. However, transplant patients and those patients taking a certain level of immunosuppression medicines have been designated extremely vulnerable and should rigorously follow shielding measures in order to keep themselves safe.
More COVID-19 information for transplant patients at the Royal Free London is available here: www.royalfree.nhs.uk/services/services-a-z/kidney-services/kidney-transplants
The Kidney Care UK website also provides a good summary of the current advice for patients: www.kidneycareuk.org/news-and-campaigns/coronavirus-advice
Kidney patient advice line
Email: rf.covidkidneyadviceline@nhs.net or if you don’t have email or want to speak to someone sooner, please use our direct line telephone number: 020 7472 6687 (Monday to Friday, 9-5pm).
What are renal services?
Our renal services team at Barnet Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital provides a range of treatments to patients with kidney problems and kidney failure as a result of having kidney disease, such as:
- general nephrology – kidney disease treatment for acute and chronic kidney disease patients
- kidney dialysis services for advanced chronic kidney disease patients to filter the blood from harmful waste
- kidney transplant services – for patients who have experienced kidney failure
- support services, such as clinical psychology and dietary support to help patients cope with the lifestyle changes brought about by kidney disease.
For more information on how we provide kidney disease treatment at the Royal Free London, please see our services and additional information links below.
Contact
Do you have an appointment?
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Kidney patient advice line
Email: rf.covidkidneyadviceline@nhs.net or if you don’t have email or want to speak to someone sooner, please use our direct line telephone number: 020 7472 6687 (Monday to Friday, 9-5pm)
What should I do if I am running out of medication?
If you are running low on medication that is usually provided by the kidney clinic, please contact the renal pharmacy team by email on rf.renalpharmacy@nhs.net or call 020 7472 6613.
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Barnet Hospital
Wellhouse Lane
Barnet
EN5 3DJPatient and GP enquiries: 020 8216 4955 / 56 / 57
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Edgware Community Hospital
Burnt Oak Broadway
Edgware
Middlesex
HA8 0ADPatient and GP enquiries: 020 8732 4160
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Mary Rankin dialysis unit
St Pancras Hospital
4 St Pancras Way
London
NW1 0PEPatient and GP enquiries: 020 3758 2030 Ext 82030
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Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QGPatient and GP enquiries: 020 7794 0500 Ext 34133
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Tottenham Hale Kidney and Diabetes Centre
5-7 Daneland Walk
London
N17 9FEPatient and GP enquiries: 020 7830 2820
Referrals
Referral details
Referrals to the nephrology team can be made via a GP or hospital doctor. We regret we cannot see patients without an appointment.
Tests to do before you refer to the hospital
Electronic referrals to the Nephrology service at Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust (Hampstead and Barnet) are made by a GP via the Referral Assessment Service (‘RAS’) as of 23rd March 2020. GPs in Camden, Barnet and Islington should continue to use the EMIS direct referral pathway.
Tertiary referrals from other hospital consultants are also available via rf.renaladmin@nhs.net
All referrals are assessed, and in many cases rapid advice and guidance is given without patients having to attend an appointment.
The Team
Consultant
Mr Neal Banga
Consultant surgeon
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 34138
PA/secretary email address: evelynagbasonu@nhs.net
Private practice phone number: yes
Dr Ben Caplin
Senior clinical lecturer and honorary consultant
Phone number: 020 7830 2695
Email address: ben.caplin@nhs.net
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 33323
Fax: 020 7830 2125
Dr Jennifer Cross
Consultant nephrologistDialysis and chronic kidney disease service line lead
Phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 33323
Email address: jennifer.cross@nhs.net
Dr Peter Dupont
Consultant nephrologistUCL honorary senior lecturer
Phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 38946
Email address: pdupont@nhs.net
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 24161
Private practice phone number: 020 7433 8815 ext 34881
Private practice email address: m.edah-tally@nhs.net
Professor Julian Gillmore
Reader in medicine/honorary consultant nephrologist
Email address: j.gillmore@ucl.ac.uk
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7433 2816
Fax: 020 7433 2817
Dr Mark Harber
Honorary senior lecturer and consultant nephrologist
Phone number: 0207 794 0500 ex 33250
Email address: mark.harber@nhs.net
Dr Sally Hamour
Consultant nephrologist
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7317 7589 or ext 38501
PA/secretary email address: barbara.hemingway@nhs.net
Mr Ben Lindsey
Consultant vascular and renal transplant surgeon
Phone number: 020 3758 2000 ext 31083
Email address: ben.lindsey@nhs.net
Dr Shabbir Moochhala
Consultant nephrologist
Phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 33322
Email address: gsemple@nhs.net
Private practice phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 34881
Private practice email address: m.edah-tally@nhs.net
Dr Dorothea Nitsch
Clinical senior lecturer, honorary consultant
Phone number: 020 7794 0500
Email address: Dorothea.Nitsch@lshtm.ac.uk
PA/secretary email address: bbuckle@nhs.net
Fax: 020 7830 2468
Professor Alan Salama
Professor of nephrology and honorary consultant nephrologist
Phone number: 020 3758 2000 ext 36007
Email address: alan.salama@nhs.net
Dr Richard Trompeter
Consultant nephrologist (honorary)
Email address: r.trompeter@nhs.net
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7317 7580
Patient leaflets
Read our patient leaflets and publications
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Approved: 21/12/2020
General advice: How to look after your kidneys
.pdf (1 MB)
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Approved: 27/10/2020
How to manage your fluid
.pdf (415 KB)
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Approved: 24/07/2020
Welcome to haemodialysis
.pdf (774 KB)
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Approved: 22/07/2020
Insertion of your peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter
.pdf (399 KB)
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Approved: 18/07/2019
Renal young adult support service
.pdf (295 KB)
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Approved: 10/07/2019
Ureteric stent removal following a kidney transplant
.pdf (279 KB)
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Approved: 10/07/2019
Antenatal hydronephrosis
.pdf (271 KB)
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Approved: 21/06/2019
Care of your central venous catheter
.pdf (297 KB)
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Approved: 21/06/2019
Bleeding from your fistula and care advice card
.pdf (632 KB)
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Approved: 01/05/2017
Peer support for kidney patients
.pdf (293 KB)
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Approved: 06/02/2017
Live donor advocate
.pdf (57 KB)
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Smoking and kidney function
.pdf (159 KB)
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Can I have a kidney transplant?
.pdf (843 KB)
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Recovering from kidney surgery
.pdf (2 MB)
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Being a living kidney donor
.pdf (355 KB)
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Kidney donation - living donors
.pdf (277 KB)
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Kidney donation - could I be a living donor?
.pdf (271 KB)
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Paired kidney donation
.pdf (264 KB)
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Kidney donors: Reimbursement of expenses
.pdf (132 KB)
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Altruistic kidney donation
.pdf (176 KB)
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Specialist centre for kidney cancer
.pdf (1 MB)
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Robotic assisted laparoscopic nephro-ureterectomy
.pdf (653 KB)