Renal - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2023-598
Subject
Renal
Date Received
08/01/2024
Request and Response
  1. Does health board have an appointed renal social worker for a) adults with Kidney disease and b) children with kidney disease and their families?

No

If yes:

  • How many renal social workers are there for A. adults with Kidney disease and B. children with kidney disease and their families?
  • Where is the renal social worker(s) based and what hospitals/ renal satellite units do they cover?
  • Is a renal social worker available to kidney patients at all stages of their renal journey – point of diagnosis, pre dialysis, during dialysis, post transplant  -  or is this support only available at certain designated points in time?

 

  1. Does your health board have an appointed renal counsellor (s) for A. adults with Kidney disease and B. children with kidney disease and their families?

No

If yes:

  • How many renal counsellors are there for A. adults with Kidney disease and B. children with kidney disease and their families?
  • Where are the renal counsellors based and what hospitals/ renal satellite units do they cover?
  • Is a renal counsellor available to kidney patients at all stages of their renal journey – point of diagnosis, pre dialysis, during dialysis, post transplant  -  or is this support only available at certain designated points in time?

 

  1. Does your health board have an appointed clinical renal psychologist for A. adults with Kidney disease and B. children with kidney disease and their families?

No

 

If yes:

 

  • How many clinical renal psychologists are there for A. adults with Kidney disease and B. children with kidney disease and their families?
  • Where is the renal psychologist(s) based and what hospitals/ renal satellite units do they cover?
  • Is a renal counsellor available to kidney patients at all stages of their renal journey – point of diagnosis, pre dialysis, during dialysis, pre and post-transplant -  or is this support only available at certain designated points in time?

 

 

  1. Does your health board have any other psychosocial support provision for a) adults and b) children with kidney disease not referred to in points 1-3 above?

No