WKN News

A woman from Conwy has made history after receiving dialysis on the summit of Yr Wyddfa - raising awareness of organ donation and the importance of transplant support.

Watch the amazing  footage from the successful walking event up an historic South Wales mountain to celebrate Organ Donation Week 2025

Every year we use this week to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation, the need for more donors to help those waiting for a transplant and increase the number of people on the NHS Organ Donor Register.

Kidney Care UK welcomes the Welsh Kidney Network's (WKN) programme to improve early identification and treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Welsh Government have published the Quality Statement for Kidney Disease. The quality statement prepared by the Welsh Kidney Network describes what good quality services for kidney disease should look like.

Popham Kidney Support would like to invite you to one of their Kidney Cafe events, providing information, advice and support on all topics relevant to new kidney patients.

Every day, someone in the UK dies waiting for a transplant – which is why we say that taking two minutes to sign the NHS Organ Donor Register is the ‘Best thing you’ll do today’

Kidney Care UK, the UK’s leading kidney patient support charity, Wales & West Utilities, and the Welsh Kidney Network are working together with NHS Wales to offer specialist support to 1,500 people with kidney failure in Wales

Are you a kidney patient and would like to be involved shaping kidney services available in Wales? If yes then please consider becoming an active member of our kidney patient network.