Kidney transplantation patient information

Find out what to expect when you come to hospital for your appointment.

Patient information leaflet

• Waiting for a kidney

Useful information

For useful information on donating a kidney please see the NHS Organ donation website

• NHS organ donation YouTube channel
• Could I be a living kidney donor?
• Living kidney donation and raising the subject with family and friends
• Living kidney donation and psychological aspect

Organ donation and ethnicity:

• Organ donation and ethnicity – NHS Organ Donation 
• BAME Organ Donation Facts (click to download document)
• An organisation working to promote and create awareness of living kidney donation in the black (African Caribbean) community Gold – About Us

Pregnancy and fertility:

• Living kidney donation, pregnancy and fertility 

Role of HTA assessor

• Our role in living donation | Human Tissue Authority

Living Donor Transplant Coordinator explaining the steps involved in becoming a living kidney donor 

• Kidney Care UK – becoming a living donor