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Renal Medicine (Oxford Kidney Unit)

The Oxford Kidney Unit provides a regional renal service for Oxfordshire and beyond.

We provide a diagnostic and management service for all diseases of the kidneys in outpatient clinics running  five days per week. The main function of the unit is to provide dialysis treatment for patients with end-stage renal failure. The unit also supervises home haemodialysis treatment for about 25 patients and accepts referrals from Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. 

We are based at the Churchill Hospital.

Telephone: via Churchill switchboard 01865 741841.

Haemodialysis is also provided in satellite units| at

• Milton Keynes
• High Wycombe
• Swindon
• Stoke Mandeville

Patients in South Northamptonshire dialyse at the Harborough Lodge Renal Unit managed by the East Midlands Renal Network, with back up medical support provided by the Oxford Kidney Unit.

There is a Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) service providing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) for approximately 150 patients. This is organised from the PD Unit adjacent to the Renal Annexe at the Churchill Hospital.

PD services are also provided in Milton Keynes, High Wycombe and Swindon. 

The Renal Ward is where newly referred patients and dialysis patients requiring inpatient care are admitted. 

The unit also provides a diagnostic and management service for patients with acute renal failure requiring dialysis or haemofiltration. This is performed in the high dependency unit.