Renal Outpatients

We run a clinic for people who have developed kidney stones. This clinic is different to the urology clinics which focus on stone removal or surgery.

The purpose of the clinic is to find out why your kidney stones are forming (often by asking you to collect urine for 24 hours). We then recommend diet changes or medications to try to reduce the formation of kidney stones. 

This clinic investigates and treats people with inherited kidney diseases. The clinic has close links to the clinical genetics service at University Hospitals Bristol.

Our young adult service provides kidney care to young people who have developed kidney disease as children but are now moving into the adult service. 

You will see a kidney specialist from the adult service, often with a paediatric kidney specialist. Specialist nurses also provide support to young adults with kidney disease.

We run many clinics looking after people with permanently-reduced kidney function, known as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). 

We monitor patients with CKD by doing blood and urine tests. We provide treatment to try to prevent loss of kidney function over time and to reduce the risk of related conditions such as heart attack and stroke. For people nearing the point of kidney failure, we provide information and preparation for transplantation, dialysis or conservative management of kidney failure. 

The NHS website has helpful information on CKD.

We run an ‘Options for Kidney Care’ clinic in Cossham Hospital, Kingswood, East Bristol. 

At this specialist clinic, people who are nearing the point of kidney failure see a kidney specialist consultant, a dietician and an education nurse. The clinic aims to provide education on the treatments of kidney failure such as transplantation, dialysis and conservative management of kidney disease. 

Options for Kidney Care Clinic at Cossham Hospital | North Bristol NHS Trust

People with kidney failure who have received a kidney transplant attend this clinic. 

We monitor kidney transplant function, recommend medication changes, and give treatments to maintain a kidney transplant and support kidney transplant recipients to stay well. 

In our vasculitis clinic we look after people who have developed a type of immune condition called vasculitis, which has affected the kidneys.  Treatment for vasculitis involves medication to suppress the immune system.  

A joint clinic with the maternal medicine department at Southmead Hospital, our joint kidney-pregnancy clinic looks after people with kidney disease during pregnancy, helping to reduce the risk of complications.

In our lupus clinic we look after people with kidney damage related to the immune condition Lupus (or SLE – Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) Treatment for lupus involves medication to suppress the immune system.  

Haemodialysis treatment is done in our dialysis units:

• Southmead Renal Dialysis Unit, Brunel building
• Cossham Satellite Dialysis Unit
• Bath Satellite Dialysis Unit
• Bright Satellite Dialysis Unit
• South Bristol Satellite Dialysis Unit
• Frome Satellite Dialysis Unit
• Weston (Ambleside) Satellite Dialysis Unit

Many patients receive dialysis treatment in their own home. We offer home treatment with haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The home treatments are supported by our home dialysis team (or ‘renal community team’)

Visit this page for more information Home Haemodialysis | North Bristol NHS Trust

The renal patient education team works with patients to help them understand treatments for kidney failure, including transplantation, dialysis, and conservative management of kidney failure. This can help patients decide on the best treatment for them and prepare for receiving that treatment.