The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), in partnership with the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology and NHS Kidney Care, made the recommendations in a report examining the standard of care of children with kidney disease in light of the health reforms taking place in England.
There are currently 13 specialist paediatric kidney units in the UK meaning that many children live far from their centre and have care delivered by local services.
But citing Professor Ian Kennedy’s report into health services for children and young people, published last September, the recommendations said better networks are needed to allow children to receive the best quality of care as close to where they live as possible.
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