Join the UK Kidney Week Programme Committee

6 September 2023
The UK Kidney Association (UKKA) is calling upon passionate individuals to express their interest in joining the UK Kidney Week (UKKW) Programme Committee. This committee plays a pivotal role in shaping the annual conference, ensuring it remains a cornerstone event for the professional kidney...
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Kidney PREM goes digital

2 August 2023
The national Kidney PREM is being collected across the UK for eight weeks from the 11th September – 6th November 2023.This year the collection of Kidney PREM will be going digital only.This means there will be no paper versions of the PREM delivered to units. We will still be sending out PREM...
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Stewart Cameron (1934-2023)

1 August 2023
The UKKA announces with regret the death of Professor Stewart Cameron, Emeritus Professor of Nephrology at Guy’s Hospital. He was one the giants of UK nephrology, indeed of world nephrology. Uniquely he had been President of the Renal Association, ERA-EDTA, and the International Society of...
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PatientView switch off

25 July 2023
You may have recently seen information about the changes for PatientView (formally Renal Patient View). For improved security reasons, the communication of test results from kidney unit systems directly to kidney patients must move to a new system called Patients Know Best.In Northern Ireland and...
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IgA vasculitis Guideline (RCPCH endorsed)

11 July 2023
IgA vasculitis (IgAV; also known as Henoch Schönlein Purpura) in children and young people is a common condition that typically presents to general practitioners or emergency physicians during the acute phase of the disease. It is a familiar condition to secondary paediatricians and it may require...
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Safer Care for Haemodialysis

18 May 2023
All patients with haemodialysis vascular access are at risk of venous or arterial needle/line disconnection or dislodgement which is a life-threatening incident.The UK Kidney Association Kidney Patient Safety Committee, in collaboration with the ANN UK Vascular Access Community of Practice, VASBI...
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UKRR Informatics Meeting - Q&A now available

10 May 2023
A question and answer document is now available with a compilation of all of the questions asked at the in-person UK Renal Registry (UKRR) Informatics Meeting that took place on Monday the 6th of February 2023. The questions have been assessed and answered by the UKRR team. Access the document...
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