1. Your NHS guide to Kidney Disease Presentation to the UK Renal Registry Informatics Meeting 25 th January 2010

2. About NHS Choices  NHS Choices site was launched in June 2007 – nhs.uk  Just under 9 million visits to the site in November 2009  Key sections:  Find services, e.g. search for GPs, hospitals, sport and fitness facilities  Health A-Z of treatments and conditions  Live well  Behind the headlines - providing analysis of health stories in the news  Compare hospitals – by treatment, condition or facilities

3. NHS Guides  Long-term conditions  29 Guides so far  Topics prioritised according to ‘Big 60’  Textual content with data ‘scorecard’  Emphasis on knowing what to expect, national standards, how local services perform  Soon to be merged with A-Z content

5. EXAMPLE OF HOW TO ACCESS COMPARATIVE DATA IN STROKE GUIDE

8. Indicators for the kidney disease guide - published  QOF indicators in Chronic Kidney Disease domain  UK Renal Registry data:  Mode of treatment (haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, transplant)  Home haemodialysis (65+, <65)  Transplant waiting list (% on list, % added to list within 2 years)  Late presentation  Haemoglobin concentration  Urea reduction ratio  Completeness of data returns

9. Further developments  New data  Better data  Better identification of local renal units/renal centres  Service directories

10. Contact details  Emma Doyle (emma.doyle@dh.gsi.gov.uk) – 020 7972 5048emma.doyle@dh.gsi.gov.uk or  Rachel Gibson (rachel.gibson@dh.gsi.gov.uk) – 020 7972 5689rachel.gibson@dh.gsi.gov.uk

11. Your NHS guide to Kidney Disease Presentation to the UK Renal Registry Informatics Meeting 25 th January 2010