Renal services at London Bridge Hospital
Appointments & Enquiries
020 7234 2009
Imaging Appointments
020 7234 2773
27 Tooley Street
London SE1 2PR
Our renal services
We are very proud to state that our Critical Care and Renal services have been rated as “Outstanding” by our regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) at the last inspection.
Kidney care at London Bridge
Established in 1986, the service provides living donor kidney transplantation through our expert consultant renal physicians and transplant surgeons . The team are from leading hospital's including Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Barts and The Royal London Health NHS Trust and Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
This is supported by a haemodialysis unit, renal nurse specialists, transplant co-ordinator and a trained renal Resident Medical Officer (RMO). The renal dialysis unit runs a 24-hour on-call service to cover any out of hours emergency dialysis treatment.
Here at London Bridge Hospital we’re able to provide complex care and services including:
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Living donor kidney transplantation
including laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and ABOi transplantation
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Kidney dialysis
including haemodialysis and haemodial filtration
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Haemofiltration in the intensive care setting
usually in the context of acute kidney injury
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Laparoscopic nephrectomy
also in the context of kidney cancer
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Hypertension management
including ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and non-invasive hemodynamic assessment
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Lithotripsy or keyhole surgery
for the treatment of kidney stones
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Kidney embolisation
in the context of kidney cancer
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All modalities of renal imaging
including renal ultrasound scan, CT and MRI
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Nuclear medicine
including MAG3 renogram scan, an instance of radioisotope renography
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Comprehensive laboratory investigations
including Glomerular filtration rate (GFR or eGFR) assessment to measure kidney function
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Interventional renal procedures
London Bridge Hospital renal transplantation
London Bridge Hospital is one of only a handful of private hospitals to perform living donor renal transplants in the UK and is licensed as an organ transplant centre regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). The living donor renal transplant programme at London Bridge Hospital is built around three core strengths:
1. Multidisciplinary team
The collaborative nature of our multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) ensures that patients have access to the expertise of renal transplant surgeons, nephrologists, transplant nurses, pharmacists and consultants of other related specialities working as a team.
This consultant-led team is in place from initial evaluation through to transplant admission and post-transplant care. Our approach means decisions are based on the collective views of a number of specialists.
2. An established service
London Bridge Hospital benefits enormously from its close relationship with Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, its renal transplant team, the tissue typing laboratory and the renal histopathology based there.
Furthermore, their transplant unit is one of the largest in the UK, performing around 250 transplants per year.
3. Critical care
The hospital offers first-class supportive services, including state-of the-art, level 2 and 3 intensive care facilities and the most up-to-date comprehensive imaging services supported by consultant radiologists with expertise in renal medicine.
Completing the transplant team are our two full-time donor and recipient transplant coordinators.
London Bridge Kidney Stone Service
London Bridge Hospital is one of a select number of private hospitals in the UK that can offer a holistic Kidney Stone Service. Including same-day appointments with a consultant who can diagnose and manage your condition on the day you arrive. We have state of the art diagnostics with a wide variety of tests and scans, and a uroradiologist who will be there to analyse and give you your results as soon as we have them.
There are a range of treatment options including lithotripsy, which is a non-surgical procedure often used as a first line treatment. Unlike surgical treatments for kidney stones lithotripsy does not require an incision to be made and patients can go home within a few hours of the procedure being conducted. The Kidney Stone Service also offers surgical options as well, so if lithotripsy is not suitable for you then our doctors may advise keyhole surgery.
Our Renal Physicians
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Renal medicine (nephrology)
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London Bridge Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology)
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London Bridge Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology)
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London Bridge Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology)
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London Bridge Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology)
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London Bridge Hospital
Our Renal Surgeons
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Renal medicine (nephrology): Transplant
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London Bridge Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology): Transplant
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London Bridge Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology): Transplant
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London Bridge Hospital
The Portland Hospital
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Renal medicine (nephrology),Private Urology Treatment
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London Bridge Hospital
The Wellington Hospital
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General surgery,Vascular surgery
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The Princess Grace Hospital
The Wellington Hospital
London Bridge Hospital
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Vascular surgery
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The Lister Hospital
London Bridge dialysis services
The dialysis service had a specific menu designed to suit the needs of people who have kidney problems, particularly those on dialysis. This included foods low in potassium, phosphate and salt.
2017 CQC Report
Referring patients
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