{"id":678668,"date":"2026-07-07T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:48:32","slug":"people-across-hampshire-benefit-from-new-ckd-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678668\/","title":{"rendered":"People across Hampshire benefit from new CKD programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Screening, Prevention, Outreach and Treatment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basingstokegazette.co.uk\/news\/health\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Health<\/a> Equity (SPOT) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) programme is being delivered by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is being delivered in collaboration with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Thousands of people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are benefitting from earlier diagnosis and support for chronic kidney disease. (Image: Natasha Jay Photography)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It aims to improve kidney disease detection and care by supporting primary care teams in identifying at-risk individuals, delivering timely testing and providing personalised care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Six GP practices across Southampton, Portsmouth and Gosport have already taken part.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cam Todd, director of population health and inequalities for NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, said: &#8220;CKD is often described as a \u2018silent condition\u2019 because many people do not experience symptoms until it reaches an advanced stage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Through SPOT CKD, we are seeing the impact of proactively identifying patients earlier and supporting them to access treatment sooner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The programme is helping people understand their condition and take positive steps to protect their health.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The work supports the government\u2019s 10-Year Plan by focusing on prevention, earlier diagnosis and reducing health inequalities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Early results show improved identification and management of CKD, especially in deprived areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Screening, Prevention, Outreach and Treatment for Health Equity (SPOT) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) programme is being delivered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}