Oxford Kidney Unit referrals

Please could all GPs refer to the NICE Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines:

• www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/CG73

when making a referral to the Kidney Unit, in addition to using the local percentile rule.

The following documents will also be useful when referring:

• Responding to eGFR (estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate): the Oxford policy (pdf, 18 KB)
• Renal Association Guidelines
• eGFR in healthy population graphs (pdf, 19 KB)

For more information about Oxford Kidney Unit please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/oku