The UK’s leading kidney research charity is calling on the research community to take urgent action to address the social and economic inequalities that put some people at greater risk of kidney disease, and can prevent patients from accessing appropriate care and treatment.

The new report, Time to act: a new review of kidney health inequalities, is authored by an academic, clinical and patient team, including Professor Fergus Caskey and Dr Mohammed Al-Talib from the University of Bristol.  It comes five years after the charity’s previous report of kidney health inequalities outlined 27 recommendations for change in clinical and research practice. The new review exposes the limited progress since 2018, impacting people’s health and risk of disease.

The updated evidence confirms some communities are still impacted more by kidney disease than others, and disease progresses faster in some people. The report concludes that quality of care can vary and that a lack of focus on some groups of people in research studies means that their needs and experiences are overlooked.

Read the full University of Bristol news item

‘Time to act: a new review of kidney health inequalities’ by Professor Shivani Sharma, Dr Bnar Talabani, Dr Gavin Dreyer, Faizan Awan, Professor Fergus Caskey