Kidney Care - FOI Response Register

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

No, renal services are provided by NHS Grampian

If YES:

2. How many renal psychiatrists are there for A. adults with Kidney disease and B. children with kidney disease?

 Nil

3. How much of the psychiatrist(s) time is dedicated to offering psychiatric support to patients with kidney disease? (e.g. 0.5 WTE)

Not Applicable

4. Where is the renal psychiatrist(s) based and what hospitals/ renal satellite units do they cover?

Not Applicable

5. Is a renal psychiatrist available to kidney patients throughout 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?

 This support will only be available at certain times in a patient’s journey and would be facilitated through NHS Grampian who provide renal services for Shetland and work with the Edinburgh Transplant Centre. Clinicians can request access to specialists through the extra contractual referral route (ECR) which are considered by the Medical Director on a case by case basis.

If NO:

6. To whom and what location are a) children and  b)adults with kidney disease in your health board referred on to if they require  psychiatric support  ?

The CAMHS team or the CMHT, based in Breiwick House and Lerwick Health Centre, respectively.