Renal

What we do

King’s Renal Unit is renowned for its high standards of care. We provide specialist inpatient care, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, outpatients and a flagship end-of-life service. Founded by Victor Parsons in the 1960s, we also provide anaemia and plasma exchange services to the Trust and have long-established renal research facilities.

We aim to provide comprehensive care in a friendly and supportive environment to patients with kidney disease from a wide catchment area, including Dartford, Bromley, Woolwich and Sydenham.

The unit is largely based on the Denmark Hill campus with an inpatient ward, a dedicated outpatient area and a large haemodialysis unit.

We also provide haemodialysis at the following offsite locations:

• Bromley Satellite Unit, Ringers Road, Bromley
• Sydenham Satellite Unit, Worsley Bridge Road, Sydenham
• Woolwich Satellite Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich
• Dartford Satellite Unit, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford
• Dulwich Satellite Unit, Dulwich Hospital, Dulwich
  

Click here to get directions to any of these units.

We hold regular Patient Education Day's in King's main Renal Unit, where new patients can meet others and find out more about kidney disease and the treatments we offer. There is usually an opportunity to meet one of the peer support team, who can answer questions from a patient's perspective.

Location

Ground floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS

Contact Details

Patient Information Leaflets

Conditions we treat

We treat patients with kidney disease in the following clinics:

• anaemia - systematic investigation and treatment of chronic anaemia including iron and erythropoietin therapy
• CAPD
• haemodialysis
• transplant - for patients with functioning renal transplants and combined renal/pancreas transplants
• low clearance - ongoing care for patients approaching end-stage renal failure who require information, education and clinical followup with regard to renal replacement therapies
• nephrology - for patients with mild to moderate kidney disease requiring ongoing investigation and monitoring.
  

Our Referral Checklist and Management Guidelines for Kidney Disease (available below) should be used by all who refer patients either to King’s College Hospital or Guy’s and St Thomas’ Kidney Unit for specialist care. Referrals must meet the criteria and the form completed in full or the information provided in a separate letter. If you make a referral using Choose & Book, please ensure you meet the criteria and include all information detailed on the checklist.

Booking a patient at King's

Appointments for this service are made via the national Choose and Book system. Please see the Choose and Book page for more information.

Other ways to refer

Routine Referrals

To arrange for a patient to be seen for a routine referral, email your request to kch-tr.renal@nhs.net or fax 020 3299 6472.

Emergency Referrals

• To speak directly with the Renal on-call registrar, call 020 3299 9000 and ask for Bleep 622.
• To arrange for a patient to be seen within two weeks, fax your request to 020 3299 6472.
  

Other Queries

For GP referral enquiries, email kch-tr.renal@nhs.net or fax 020 3299 6472.

Referral Forms

Please complete the relevant form and note any pre-consultation investigations required:

• Referral Checklist and Management Guidelines for Kidney Disease

Key Clinical Staff