DAYLife - Dialysis at yours: life fulfilled

At present there continues to be a significant variation in the proportion of patients on home dialysis across regions within the UK highlighted by the 2021 GIRFT report, despite professional guidance and patient groups stating that more people wish to dialyse at home.
There is a recommendation that all kidney centres should have a minimum of 20% of the prevalent dialysis population on a home dialysis modality.
There is a need for DAYLife - a national, clinically led improvement programme to share and scale up the learning, reduce regional variation, and provide infrastructure to spread successful interventions at pace.

Enable culture change and clinical leadership to promote equitable access to high quality home dialysis therapy in all kidney centres across the UK and ensure provision of the right treatment for the right person at the right time.

Aims

All kidney centres in the UK to engage and actively participate in quality improvement work around home dialysis therapy by December 2025
All centres to achieve a minimum of 20-25% of their prevalent dialysis patients to be on a home therapy by December 2027
Centres currently achieving the target of 20% to continue to demonstrate incremental improvement in the proportion of patients on home dialysis year on year.

Develop a central hub of resources to share best practices and learning; as a repository for QI impact evidence; platform for professionals to connect with each other; signpost to patient information resources around home dialysis
Engage centres and networks to prioritise improvement work around home dialysis and offer QI support where required
Raise awareness and provide regular progress updates through improved communications and partnerships with key stakeholders and centres
Increase regional QI leadership and capability through structured QI training days and mentorship
Establish a quarterly national home dialysis quality dashboard

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Learn

Learn more about the DAYLife programme and access quality improvement resources to help you increase home dialysis adoption and quality.

We have a repository of resources developed as part of the DAYLife programme, published evidence from QI initiatives, and links to additional resources to help guide your practice.

Connect

Join the DAYLife community!
Network with other MPT members with an interest in home dialysis.

Get involved in discussions, ask questions, and help drive quality improvement in your units, regions, and the UK.

Contribute

Update the community on your quality improvement projects related to home dialysis to contribute to best practices and inform future projects.

What are you doing? How's it going? What lessons can we learn from your experiences?

Contribute to the body of knowledge by sharing information about your QI project with the community.

Shared Haemodialysis Care

This working group provides resources to support the 'shared care' approach in haemodialysis, where patients gradually develop skills alongside health professionals, allowing for for self-paced decision-making.

Psychosocial Support

Distress is a natural response to kidney failure and related treatment choices. This workstream provides resources for embedding proactive holistic support systems that address the emotional and social dimensions of home dialysis.

Shared Decision Making

Access this workstream for guidance on fostering a participatory environment where patients' values and preferences are central to selecting appropriate CKD treatments.

Peer Support

Peer support from other patients and carers is crucial in informing, choosing, and maintaining home dialysis. Access this workstream for resources to develop peer-to-peer networks that enhance patient confidence and treatment engagement in home dialysis.

What's new?

Check out the most recent resources that we've added to the knowledge hub.

DAYLife Programme Resources

Reports, webinars, slides, links to patient resources, FAQs and more.

Four Workstreams

Targeted resources related to shared haemodialysis care, psychosocial support, shared decision making, and peer support.

Community

A place to share experiences, ask questions, and network with healthcare professionals interested in driving quality improvement in home dialysis.

Under development...

More resources are in the works!

Home dialysis QI reporting

Are you involved in a QI project on home dialysis? We've created a reporting system for home dialysis QI projects. Please share your project details to inform others and strengthen the knowledge network.

QI report repository

We are currently compiling and sharing a database of home therapies QI projects in the UK. Use the repository to connect with others working on similar projects and gain insights that will help with your own projects.

Latest community posts

Share your feedback

We would greatly appreciate your feedback on the DAYLife hub.

Your insights will help us to develop a high quality, useful and intuitive hub to support home dialysis quality improvement projects throughout the UK.

The DAYLife Team

KQIP

KQIP is a dynamic network of kidney health professionals, patients and carers who are committed to developing, supporting and sharing improvement in kidney services, to enhance outcomes and quality of life for people with kidney disease.

Kidney Care UK

Kidney Care UK is the UK's leading kidney patient support charity, which provides practical, emotional and financial support to kidney patients and their families and funds patient-centred projects to help improve kidney care services throughout the UK.

National Kidney Federation

The National Kidney Federation is the largest kidney patient charity in the UK run by kidney patients, for kidney patients. The NKF provides national patient support services and campaigns for improvements to renal provision and treatment.

Fresenius

Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases, of which around 4.2 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment.

About us

The UK Kidney Association is the leading professional body for the UK kidney community, improving lives by supporting professionals in the delivery of kidney care and research.

We welcome all team members working or training in clinical kidney care, kidney research or related fields, and those treating and caring for people with kidney disease. In support of education and training, we run the annual UK Kidney Week conference, the Advanced Nephrology Course and regional Kidney Quality Improvement meetings.

The UK Kidney Association (UKKA) is a trading name of the Renal Association, a registered charity (no 800733) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales under company number 2229663.