Patient and staff experiences of remote kidney healthcare: lessons learnt from COVID-19

Introduction

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems have rapidly adopted alternative models for delivering healthcare (e.g., remote service) to minimise the spread of disease [1]. Understanding the impact this has on clinical practice, including patients’ access to and quality of care, is important [2]. We explored the views and experiences of both people living with kidney disease and kidney clinicians on remote healthcare delivered during the pandemic in the UK.