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Urgent Appeal to All AKPA Members - EU Threat to Living Donor Transplants The European Parliament meets on March 16th to vote on a new EU directive to standardise organ donation and transplantation in all member countries and an alarming amendment has been proposed. If it is adopted it will make living donation an operation of LAST RESORT and will completely ban altruistic, pooled and paired donation...  read more>>

Alison's half marathon for AKPA Alison Ward from Werrington in Peterborough ran the half marathon on 11 October 2009 and raised a brilliant £243 for AKPA. read more >>

David's Triathlon Tribute to Transplant Brothers Triathlete David Thomas recently took part in one of the gruelling three-discipline events, raising more than £700 for AKPA in the process. He was swimming, cycling and running in support of brothers James and Andrew Hillyard...  read more>>

Important Information about your Medication The National Kidney Federation (NKF) has advised AKPA of recent cases of patients being offered Advagraf instead of Prograf in error by GPs or pharmacists. read more >>

Howard & Veronica's Ruby Anniversary Gift to AKPA When transplant patient Howard Jarvis and his wife Veronica celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with their friends and family in July this year, they asked their guests not to bring them any gifts...  read more>> News Archive:

Sainsbury's Raise Money for AKPA - 14th July 2009 Christmas Raffle 2008 Results - 1st January 2009 200 Club is Back Up and Running - 12th November 2008 World Kidney Day 2009 - 19th February 2009 Roger and Liz's Ruby Wedding gift to AKPA - 16th September 2008 CAPD Workshops - 10th September 2008  Craig and Tracey's Car Boot Success - 20th July 2008 Kidney Patients Summer Event - 13th July 2008 West Suffolk Dialysis Unit weekend break in Canterbury - September 2007 OTIS Now Available to Dialysis Patients - 23rd July 2007 British Kidney Patients Association Free Holiday Offer 2007 - 4th August 2007 National Transplant Week 2007 - 17th June 2007 Crown Appeal Donates £5000 to AKPA - 13th March 2007

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Newsflash is the award-winning Newsletter of Addenbrooke's Kidney Patients Association. It is published regularly to help widely-scattered members keep in touch with their Association and each other.

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