Renal medicine: GIRFT Programme National Specialty Report (September 2021)

Summary

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) is designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations. By tackling variations in the way services are delivered across the NHS, and by sharing best practice between trusts, GIRFT identifies changes that will help improve care and patient outcomes, as well as delivering efficiencies such as the reduction of unnecessary procedures and cost savings.

Content

Renal medicine covers the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases. This report presents 18 recommendations based on visits to all 52 adult renal centres in England. Key recommendations include:

• increasing rates of dialysis therapy to suitable patients.
• improved access to transplantation.
• faster transfer of patients with acute kidney injury.

You will need a FutureNHS account to view this report, or you can watch a short video summary of the report which includes key recommendations.