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Outpatients Clinics

Nephrology Clinic

Patients are often referred to the Nephrology Clinic (Clinic 12) by a general practitioner (GP), or by another hospital or by another medical team within Addenbrooke’s. This is run on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 1400 (2 pm).

Low Clearance Clinic

Patients are referred when their renal function deteriorates to approximately 15%. This indicates that a patient may need supportive treatment in the future and this clinic is designed to have time to discuss all the options with a patient. The Clinic is held on a Thursday afternoon - patients are internally referred from the Nephrology & Transplant Clinics. New referrals from GP’s should be sent to the renal consultants who will book the patient into this clinic if appropriate.

Haemodialysis Unit

The Addenbrooke's Haemodialysis Unit has 26 kidney-machine stations in the main unit in two separate rooms. More stations are also available within the hospital for inpatients as needed. Patients attend the Haemodialysis Unit from the ward or from home, and will need two or (take out) three treatments per week for three or four hours each session. There are also satellite units at King's Lynn (14 stations), Bury St Edmunds (13 stations) and a new unit opening at Hinchingbrooke in April 2008 (14 stations).

The unit also supervises and supports the patients we have who do their own haemodialysis at home.

Dialysis days and time:

The Addenbrooke's Unit is open Mon–Sat: 07.00–24.00.

The Bury St Edmunds and Kings Lynn Units are open Mon–Sat: 07.00–24.00.

The Hinchingbrooke unit will initially be open Mon-Sat 07.00-19.30

The dialysis nurses will advise patients of their dialysis session, days and time.

Peritoneal Dialysis Department

The aim of the Peritoneal Dialysis Department is to support patients carrying out their peritoneal dialysis at home — this can be Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) or Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD, by machine overnight). The department has strong links with ward C5, which is where most admissions take place.

The department is open 08.30 to 17.00 Monday to Friday with an on call system for established Peritoneal Dialysis patients out of hours.

Renal Transplant Clinic

This is run on Thursday mornings in Clinic 12.

Renal Genetics & Tubular Disorders Clinic

Vasculitis & Lupus Clinic

Vascular Access Clinic

Patients are referred to this weekly surgical clinic from within the dialysis unit to organise the dialysis access procedures they will need. Read more by downloading the patient information leaflets below.