Mapping the Living Kidney Donor Pathway Project

This Mapping the Living Kidney Donor Pathway Project is supported by The Health Foundation and brings together partners from across the transplant world including NHS Blood and Transplant, clinicians, those with lived experience of donation and CSH. This short project will map and investigate the carbon impacts of the donor pathway, and variations within it. Through understanding the pathway we will highlight what variations mean for the experience of donors, and the carbon cost. With input from the wider transplant community we will investigate what policies and norms drive these variations and investigate what positive changes could be made.

Why Is The Mapping the Living Kidney Donor Pathway Project  Important?

This short-term project is important for building the understanding of pathway mapping methodology and value, and builds our body of work on patient experience and equity.

What Is CSH's Role In The Mapping the Living Kidney Donor Pathway Project?

CSH is project managing and leading the project. Our Sustainability in Quality Improvement (SusQI) team are working with sites across the UK to map and understand how donor pathways work and the variations within them. Our sustainability analysts are investigating the carbon impacts of these variations. As part of project management we are convening and chairing an oversight group and organising and hosting two round table events to ensure learning from the project leads into an action plan for the future.

What Impact Will The Mapping the Living Kidney Donor Pathway Project Have?

At the end of the project:

  • The living kidney donor pathway will be mapped
  • Variations will be understood
  • Environmental impacts of the pathway will be calculated
  • Sources of inequity in the pathway will be identified
  • Findings will be presented, and collective community goals agreed

The project will move forward the transplant community’s understanding of the carbon impact of pathways enabling changes to be made to improve the experience of donors and reduce the carbon footprint of care.