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Nottingham Children's Unit |
| Children & Young People's Kidney Unit City Hospital Hucknall Road Nottingham NG5 1PB |
Patients were first dialysed here in 1985.
This unit has 10 haemodialysis and 8 peritoneal dialysis patients
This unit has 16 haemodialysis and 25 peritoneal dialysis patients.
| Contact Information: | |
| Telephone number: | 0115 9627961 |
| Holiday dialysis enquiries: | 0115 9627608 |
| Fax: | 0115 9627759 |
| Email Address: | judith.hayes@nuh.nhs.uk |
| Unit website: | URL  |
| Trust website: | http://www.ncht.org.uk |
| Consultants: | |
Professor Alan R Watson |
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Dr Jonathan HC Evans |
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Dr Farida Hussain |
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Dr Martin Christian |
About the unit:
The Children & Young Peoples Kidney Unit is based at the City Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals and serves a population of 6 million including the old Trent and North Anglia regions. Regional shared care clinics are held in Sheffield, Rotherham, Chesterfield, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge, Norwich, Kings Lynn, Boston and Lincoln.
The Unit offers comprehensive services for acute and chronic renal problems including laparascopic live donor kidney donation. The Unit has won several awards for innovation including haemofiltration and youth work support.
| Research and special expertise: | |
Antenatal urinary tract abnormalities |
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Urinary tract infection |
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Gastrostomy feeding and nutrition |
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| Transition issues and psychosocial support | |
| Haemofiltration | |
| Incontinence in children | |
Collaborative studies in renal transplantation |