The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) has been rebranded as the Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA). The UK Kidney Association is a National Nominating Organisation (NNO). To seek UKKA support, applications must be submitted to ukka@ukkidney.org by 18 May 2022...

BackgroundThe UK Kidney Association (UKKA) are working to improve patient involvement and leadership across the organisation. The aim of this role is to involve patients in leading the directions of the SIG’s, and ensuring UKKA meet its mission statement to support the whole multi-professional team...

Renal Interventions publishes fortnightly on line and quarterly in press. It is a medical news journal focused on highlighting new evidence to healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with kidney disease.UKKA is entering into a partnership with Renal Interventions and this exciting...

The 2021 chronic kidney disease (CKD): assessment and management NICE guideline [NG203]1 specifically recommends the adoption of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation to stratify risk in CKD. This method of risk stratification will become the default decision support tool for clinicians counselling...

Can your unit take part in a sustainability group scholar programme?A new UKKA Sustainable Kidney Care Committee has been set up in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) and the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition.Committee workstreams cover: Action Learning and Education...

Sevda Hassan, MBBS, BMedSci (Hons) MRCP (Lon), MD(Res) September 1983 - February 2022 It is with unimaginable sadness that we announce the death of our dear friend and colleague Sevda. Sevda graduated from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2008 and completed her training in...

The UKKA has a number of opportunities to chair committees and input into key areas. Participation in these committees benefits the wider renal community through the creation of useful resources, projects and outputs. It also offers the opportunity for networking, leadership experience and ensures...

The effort which has been given to the procurement and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the UK has been extraordinary. The kidney community would like to see this incredible success built on by committing the United Kingdom to join a unified effort to end the pandemic through global and equitable...

Happy New Year!Thank you to all who worked so hard over the holiday period and who continue to work now to keep our patients safe. Below is a round-up of the latest news on COVID-19 from the professional community. Overall pictureThe situation remains challenging across the UK with busy workloads...

A landmark paper paving the way for NHS care to be improved for patients with post-hospitalisation acute kidney injury (AKI) has been published by the UK Renal Registry (UKRR) in collaboration with the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme.Centre variation in mortality following post...