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Kidney Transplant PSP published in PLOS ONE

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 24th October 2016

The results of the Kidney Transplant Priority Setting Partnership have been published in PLOS ONE today. The journal is open access, so head to the PLOS ONE website now to get a copy. The project brought together clinicians, researchers, patients and carers to identify and prioritise areas for future research in kidney transplantation. You can read more […]

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Top Ten Priorities in Kidney Transplant research from the Kidney Transplant PSP

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 4th February 2016

On the 3rd February 2016, a group of 20 kidney transplant recipients, donors and professionals took part in a consensus workshop at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in London. The group considered the top 25 ranked treatment uncertainties from the PSP prioritisation survey, and after much lively debate agreed a top ten list […]

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Help us to prioritise the most important questions in kidney transplantation

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 10th November 2015

The Centre for Evidence in Transplantation are currently leading a project to identify and prioritise unanswered research questions in kidney transplantation to help guide future research. The Kidney Transplant Priorities Setting Partnership has identified 45 unanswered questions, submitted by patients, clinicians, donors and carers. We are now trying to prioritise these questions to see which […]

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Kidney Transplant PSP – report of progress

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 31st March 2015

As you may be aware, the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation is co-ordinating the James Lind Alliance Priorities Setting Partnership in Renal Transplantation.  The process aims to bring together pateints, carers and heathcare professionals to identify and prioritise areas for future research in kidney transplantation. The second steering group meeting was held at the Royal […]

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National survey on kidney transplant research now open

By: Simon Knight | Posted on 1st October 2014

A new national survey has opened, giving patients, their carers and the healthcare professionals looking after them an opportunity to submit questions about kidney transplantation and living donation that they think should be addressed in future research. The survey is open to all healthcare professionals caring for people who have had a kidney transplant, are […]

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