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By: James Warham

James Warham — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:05:03 +0000

The Hornsey Hospital is now up and running, and following the 2 comments on home dialysis, I would like to add to this.
Those who be, should not emit a possibility of a small dialysis unit, in the Hornsey Hospital. The French Autodialyse system consists of a number of small station (between 4 to 12 machines.) which are dotted in local areas around France. Serving as they should do, local communities. The nearest dialysis centres for those in Haringey are two commercially run private clinics (highate and camden) that charge the NHS a heavy fee, and even extras by the hour.
In the very least the Hornsey Hospital could be used for blood tests for home dialysis patients, saving time (in my case having to trek to Whipps Cross)
World Kidney Day will be on the March the 11th 2010

James Warham, former chair of the National Kidney Federations Young Persons group

By: angieskidney.com

angieskidney.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:00 +0000

There is definately a need for more dialysis units. Because of cost (I was through Fresenius in Canada myself) I have noticed it is whatever to keep us alive but not always the most optimal.

There also needs to be more awareness and plublications in the local paper to get even more awareness so the general public realizes the need. Much is known to the general public about Breast Cancer and Aids yet people don't know as much about Kidney Disease and even what dialysis is. The travelling back and forth is exhausting for any dialysis patient.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:19:00 +0000

Many thanks - I'll get in touch with you direct,

Lynne

By: Gepke Warham

Gepke Warham — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:24:00 +0000

Dear Lynne,

My name is Gepke Warham . I used to work as a physio in hornsey central hospital. It had its own gardener volunteer and allotmentholder Len Cropley. Lenn has passed away.

Since 1964 I have been living in Crouch End, raised three sons and our youngest , James, is a dialysis patient. He is 29 now but lost his kidneys since he was 5years old. We have been travelling throughout the years to Guys Hospital and now he is under The Royal London in White Chapel. He has been travelling backwards and forwards through the unhealthy trafic of London's congested routes in order to get treatment in episodes of 9 years 3 times a week and other.
Later he was moved to Whipps Cross a satellite unit of the Royal London for renal patients , a lovely place designed for the purpose of dialysis. He liked it very much there. Still a long way to travel. He always has travelled with either one of his parents as his health did not permit to travel on his own.

But lately because of the NHS problems of all sorts, he has been asked to dialyse in a private clinic in Camden in a converted warehouse run by an american firm Fresenius, where the service is much to be desired and staff are puppets of a protocol restricting them from doing their job properly. This is being paid for by the NHS because they cannot cope with the overload of patients that need life saving treatments, shortage of staff and ironically lack of funds. They also take patients of the Royal Free Hospital in Camden.

There is a need for people to dialyse locally, where they live and at the moment we are considering home dialysis for James.
I propose the question because of necessity to keep people alive needing dialysis, as there is a demand for a new dialysis unit every year, to consider part of the reconstruction of the Hornsey Central Hospital to be used for dialysis patients. I am hoping to be trained into the dialysis care and thought of the possibility that if I can do one patient why not work on setting up something where other local patients can benefit of the same service?
I hope you get the gist of this letter.
Yours sincely,

Gepke Warham
15 Glasslyn Road N8 8RJ tel 020 8348 5694
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