Shared HD Care: engage, enthuse and empower your patients

Shared haemodialysis care engages patients as active partners in their treatment, enabling them to participate in some or all of their dialysis care.

Patients say that when they are involved it gives them control, makes them feel more confident, and helps with self esteem.

Giving patients the opportunity to participate in their own care

From choosing some of the simpler tasks such as measuring their own blood pressure, to the more complex skills such as programming their machines, the essence of shared care is involvement at a level that suits the individual.

  • Events

    Learn more and register for a Shared HD Care course, or connect with other healthcare professionals at one of our Network Forums.

  • Shared HD Care team training

    Established in 2011, the Shared HD Care course is an RCN-accredited course for haemodialysis centres.

  • Resources

    We have designed a range of resources to support your Shared HD Care programmes. All content here is freely available for download, sharing and editing.

Shared HD Care: engaging patients in their dialysis care

With the reassurance of continued support, whether they participate or not, it is a comfortable way of learning and discovering what they are capable of.

RCN accredited CPD

Shared HD Care Course

The new two day virtual course is for pre booked teams from haemodialysis units wishing to initiate or rejuvenate their shared haemodialysis care programmes. Your team will form a cohort with two or three other teams during this highly interactive training interspersed with self-directed learning.
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Putting shared haemodialysis care into action

Four healthcare professionals from across the country share the impact that bringing shared haemodialysis care to their units has had on their patients, fellow staff, and careers
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  • Celebrating Shared Haemodialysis Care

    We are proud to promote success stories, awards, and other achievements from our colleagues providing Shared HD Care in units around the UK.

  • Healthcare professional education

    Learn more about how you can deliver better Shared HD Care from this hub with resources designed to support education of staff.

  • Stories

    Inspiring Shared HD Care stories from patients and their families and healthcare professionals.