The pre-transplant Nurse Specialists are the primary contact for all patients referred for transplantation.  They are involved in the co-ordination and assessment of potential transplant recipients. In the case of the live donor team the assessment of potential living kidney donors here at the Oxford Transplant Centre acting as the donor advocate ensuring physical, psychological and social welfare.

The transplant nurse practitioner team was established in 2000 and is now made up of 6 nurses and a secretary. All the nurses have many years of experience on transplant wards here at in other hospitals prior to joining this team. Our main focus is to provide nursing support and clinical expertise for patients and their families once they have received an organ transplant.
We make up part of the multidisciplinary team caring for patients in transplant follow-up clinics both at the Churchill and at the regional hospitals in Swindon, Milton Keynes, Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville. As well as forming part of the clinic team, we also run a telephone query line for any transplant patient or family member who has a concern regarding issues related to their transplant.
The telephone number is 01865 228662. This line is open Monday to Friday 08.00 to 16.00 hours and there is an answering machine for messages to be left if we are not available to answer your call immediately.

The Transplant Research Nurse sees the patients who are enrolled in a trial when they come to clinics in order to arrange their blood tests and discuss any questions they may have regarding the trials and research projects. These trials will fall into categories of testing various anti-rejection medications, either new prior to licensing or already licensed drugs in a new regimen.

All the Specialist Nurses also participate in the on-call service co-ordinating arrangements for kidney, pancreas, islet and intestinal transplants. They are all experienced nurses and have a range of experience in renal, transplantation and Intensive Care nursing.

The pre-transplant Nurse Specialists are the primary contact for all patients referred for transplantation.  They are involved in the co-ordination and assessment of potential transplant recipients. In the case of the live donor team the assessment of potential living kidney donors here at the Oxford Transplant Centre acting as the donor advocate ensuring physical, psychological and social welfare.

The transplant nurse practitioner team was established in 2000 and is now made up of 6 nurses and a secretary. All the nurses have many years of experience on transplant wards here at in other hospitals prior to joining this team. Our main focus is to provide nursing support and clinical expertise for patients and their families once they have received an organ transplant.
We make up part of the multidisciplinary team caring for patients in transplant follow-up clinics both at the Churchill and at the regional hospitals in Swindon, Milton Keynes, Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville. As well as forming part of the clinic team, we also run a telephone query line for any transplant patient or family member who has a concern regarding issues related to their transplant.
The telephone number is 01865 228662. This line is open Monday to Friday 08.00 to 16.00 hours and there is an answering machine for messages to be left if we are not available to answer your call immediately.

The Transplant Research Nurse sees the patients who are enrolled in a trial when they come to clinics in order to arrange their blood tests and discuss any questions they may have regarding the trials and research projects. These trials will fall into categories of testing various anti-rejection medications, either new prior to licensing or already licensed drugs in a new regimen.

All the Specialist Nurses also participate in the on-call service co-ordinating arrangements for kidney, pancreas, islet and intestinal transplants. They are all experienced nurses and have a range of experience in renal, transplantation and Intensive Care nursing.

The pre-transplant Nurse Specialists are the primary contact for all patients referred for transplantation.  They are involved in the co-ordination and assessment of potential transplant recipients. In the case of the live donor team the assessment of potential living kidney donors here at the Oxford Transplant Centre acting as the donor advocate ensuring physical, psychological and social welfare.

The transplant nurse practitioner team was established in 2000 and is now made up of 6 nurses and a secretary. All the nurses have many years of experience on transplant wards here at in other hospitals prior to joining this team. Our main focus is to provide nursing support and clinical expertise for patients and their families once they have received an organ transplant.
We make up part of the multidisciplinary team caring for patients in transplant follow-up clinics both at the Churchill and at the regional hospitals in Swindon, Milton Keynes, Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville. As well as forming part of the clinic team, we also run a telephone query line for any transplant patient or family member who has a concern regarding issues related to their transplant.
The telephone number is 01865 228662. This line is open Monday to Friday 08.00 to 16.00 hours and there is an answering machine for messages to be left if we are not available to answer your call immediately.

The Transplant Research Nurse sees the patients who are enrolled in a trial when they come to clinics in order to arrange their blood tests and discuss any questions they may have regarding the trials and research projects. These trials will fall into categories of testing various anti-rejection medications, either new prior to licensing or already licensed drugs in a new regimen.

All the Specialist Nurses also participate in the on-call service co-ordinating arrangements for kidney, pancreas, islet and intestinal transplants. They are all experienced nurses and have a range of experience in renal, transplantation and Intensive Care nursing.