Learn about the origin and progression of the Shared Haemodialysis Care Course since its inception in 2011.
2011: FIRST GRANTS
Yorkshire & Humber secures grants from both the Health Foundation & NHS Kidney Care to fund a two-year programme of Shared Haemodialysis Care.
2013: NEW VENUE
The course begins being hosted by BBraun in their Sheffield campus.
2013: REGIONAL EXPANSION
The Yorkshire and Humber course branches out to accept delegates from beyond the region and receives a gold award for best training programme in the Training Journal awards.
2014: FURTHER FUNDING
A Regional Innovation grant enables the course to continue training national delegates for a further 2 years.
2017: KIDNEY CARE UK
The course begins to be funded by Kidney Care UK, the UK's leading kidney patient support charity.
2017-2019: SHAREHD
A Quality Improvement Collaborative works with 19 Trusts across England to scale up Shared Care, funded for 3 years by the Health Foundation. This is underpinned by a study following more than 600 patients to provide evidence to support greater patient involvement nationally.
2019: ACCREDITATION
The course receives accreditation by the Royal College of Nursing, and is subsequently reaccredited in 2020.
2021: VIRTUAL WORLD
The Shared Care course moves to an online format in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and gains patients to work with teams in co-production. Commercial partners continue to support and progress the shared care initiative.
