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Consulting on a Surrey kidney unit
Written by Communications Team   

Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust very strongly welcomes the plans from NHS Surrey to commission a kidney unit for Surrey. NHS Surrey is currently running a public consultation asking Surrey residents for their views, and we would encourage local people to get involved.
 

 
Paul Bentley, Director of Strategy for the Trust explains: “Ashford and St. Peter’s is interested in being considered as a potential provider of this exciting new service. Surrey is the only county in England not to have a dedicated renal unit and we welcome NHS Surrey’s plans to commission such a service. It is likely that the new unit would be created at an existing hospital site because of the links needed with other services such as intensive care. We believe St Peter’s Hospital would be very well placed to both host and deliver such a service and we will be working on developing a bid over the next few months. The submission will be led by Dr David Fluck, physician and Clinical Director, who will lead the strong clinical definition of the service we would deliver.”
 
NHS Surrey is asking Surrey residents for views to help inform their final decision making on:
  • where to locate the new main unit and;
  • what criteria to use when deciding which provider should run the new service.
 
Members of the public can access the consultation, which runs from Monday 20th April – Friday 29th May, at: www.surreyhealth.nhs.uk/kidney, or by calling 0800 6525 297.
 
In addition, NHS Surrey is hosting a “co-design” meeting in Woking on 6 May which members of the public are welcome to attend if they confirm in advance via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or on 0800 6525 297.
 
Kidney patients confirm that reducing travelling times for patients is one of the vital factors in the quality of their care and treatment. The new unit will mean that patients will have the choice of treatment in Surrey or to continue their care in London if preferred. As important is the vision to prevent more people from developing kidney failure in the first place, and the new service will include a specialist team working with GPs to offer expert care with earlier diagnosis and treatment.