Exeter & District Kidney Patients' Association 

The EDKPA aims to help and support the patients and their families/carers of the RD & E Hospital in Exeter, encompassing Satellite Units in Heavitree- Exeter, Torbay, Taunton, Barnstaple, Honiton, Bridgwater and Yeovil. In addition home dialysis patients in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. 

Exeter & District Kidney Patients' Association 

The EDKPA aims to help and support the patients and their families/carers of the RD & E Hospital in Exeter, encompassing Satellite Units in Heavitree- Exeter, Torbay, Taunton, Barnstaple, Honiton, Bridgwater and Yeovil. In addition home dialysis patients in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. 

Financial Help & Support from Kidney Care UK 

The EDKPA are working together with Kidney Care UK to provide grant funding for qualifying patients on low incomes, in times of financial difficulty. 
 
We provide financial support for patients who cannot afford the transport to attend hospital appointments or treatments, supporting with heating costs for home dialysis patients. 
 

Support from The National Kidney Federation (NKF) 

Need further help? 

Further help can be obtained from the National Kidney Federation free helpline on 0800 169 09 or Call Kidney Care UK on 
 

  

Current News Updates 

 
Cost of living Help and advice for people in Devon  
Watch the Fatigue Webinar recording and download your free Fatigue Diary here:- www.kidney.org.uk/Event/nkf-webinar-series 
 
RaDaR patient newsletter - Winter 2024 

Current News Updates  

 
Cost of living Help and advice for people in Devon  
Watch the Fatigue Webinar recording and download your free Fatigue Diary here:- www.kidney.org.uk/Event/nkf-webinar-series 
 
RaDaR patient newsletter - Winter 2024 

For Emergency Financial Support 

Contact your Kidney Care Team directly or call Joanne Robbins  
on 07715 601531 

Information & Advice 

Information & Advice 

We fund an Information and Advice Service specialist within Exeter Citizens' Advice Exeter. This enables our kidney patient members to have access to a bespoke service, ensuring they receive the best advice regarding benefit entitlements
 

 

Working together with the kidney clinicians 

Working together with the kidney clinicians 

We have a close relationship with the kidney team as a whole and benefit from having a nurse on our committee too. This ensures that we are aware of current changes in the treatments for kidney patients. 
 
The U-Drain system is a new initiative which greatly eases the problem of dealing with fluid waste from PD machines where patients dialyse at home. Instead of having to move large and heavy bags of fluid waste around the house, patients, or their visiting carers, can now simply plug the PD machines into a small connection built into a wall, leading to external drainage. For various budgetary reasons, the hospital in Wonford has been unable to launch this initiative on its own and the EDKPA is providing financial support to get this excellent system available to patients where they need it. 

Equipment 

We purchase equipment for dialysis units such as excercise bikes for haemo dialysis patients, chair cushions and replacement remote controls for TV's. 
Social, fundraising & raising awareness events also are arranged through our association. 

Get in touch 

If you have any suggestions regarding what we could do that you feel would be beneficial for the members as a whole, please let us know.