An invitation to an online patient update from the clinical team at St George’s Hospital Renal Unit.

July 29 2020

We are hosting, in conjunction with St George's Hospital renal unit, a series of online meetings where the clinical team will present and run a Q&A about issues that matter to renal patients.
The first of these will with take place Monday August 3rd 2020 at 5:30 pm. All the meeting details are below

Dear Friend/Member of St George's KPA,
I hope you are well and have coped with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and shielding.
On the 1st August, shielding will be paused and the guidance is that patients should follow strict social distancing behaviour. But what next....?

In a first, we are hosting, in conjunction with St George's Hospital renal unit, a series of online meetings where the clinical team will present and run a Q&A about issues that matter to renal patients.

These will be a forum in which to cover topics including:

Post shielding advice
New ways of working at the renal unit
Medication and related advice

The first meeting with take place Monday August 3rd 2020 at 5:30 pm. All the meeting details are below.

The hosts will be:

Gulshan Vazir - Clinical Psychologist, St George's Renal Unit
Dr Debu Banerjee - Clinical Lead, St George's Renal Unit
Dr Joyce Popoola - Clinical Lead, St George's Transplant Unit

Examples of questions addressed in the first session might include:

Should I be going back to work?
Should I be using public transport? If not, how do I get to work?
Does the end of July date for shielding apply to me if there is no vaccine?
What new measures are planned for dialysis?
What new measures are planned for transplant outpatients?
When will the transplant programme restart? (Live/deceased)
Should I be able to go on holiday?
Can my kids go back to school if I‘m shielding?
What measures are in place at St George’s to keep us safe?
What help is available if I feel I need more well being support?
Can we park outside the clinic or do we have to go to the security lodge to have our parking tickets endorsed?
What’s happening about the dialysis plans for the trailer?
How badly affected have kidney patients been at St George’s?
Which of my family and friends can I meet inside? Do we still have to socially distance?

Best wishes

Meeting details

We will be using Zoom to host the online meeting (Webinar) so you can join

using a computer, tablet, mobile phone, to see the team's presentation
with or without video (so you can decide if you want to be seen by others)
OR you can just listen in on your home phone if you have none of these devices.

The date and time of the first meeting is:

August 3rd 2020 at 5:30 pm
Last between 30-45 minutes
Michael Greatorex is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: St George’s Renal Unit Online update
Time: Aug 3, 2020 05:30 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92667416593?pwd=N2xJYU9CZk9TN2JoL1BpWW9wTkpTUT09

Meeting ID: 926 6741 6593
Passcode: 056683

If you just want to listen in by phone you can dial any of the following numbers (choose the closest to you based on your location).
+44 208 080 6591 United Kingdom
+44 208 080 6592 United Kingdom
+44 330 088 5830 United Kingdom
+44 131 460 1196 United Kingdom
+44 203 481 5237 United Kingdom

Meeting ID: 926 6741 6593
Passcode: 056683

If you are calling in from overseas you can find if there is a local number for you here: https://zoom.us/u/aYjrxNWei

If you want any help or have any questions prior to the meeting, please just reply to this email and we'll do our best to help.

If you haven't seen these already, we have produced a series of articles which we hope will answer many of the questions you might have.

This article let's you see all the information we have published and quickly find your area of interest. So explore away!

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The latest updates and changes are here.

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