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UK Renal Pharmacy Group

Executive Committee

Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke is the Deputy Lead Renal Pharmacist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

He has worked in the specialism since 2008 and is part of the team which provides clinical pharmacy services to Renal and Transplant (Kidney, Pancreas and Intestinal) patients across the Thames Valley geographical area.

Chair

Kathrine Parker

Kathrine is a Specialist Renal Pharmacist and NIHR Doctoral Fellow at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. She was previously the UKKA Academic Vice President.

Incoming Chair

Hayley Wells

Hayley is the Lead Renal and Transplant Pharmacist at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

She has a particular interest in medication adherence, medicines safety, and rare diseases. She is responsible for prescribing for patients undergoing haemodialysis, as well as for those with kidney transplants, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), and IgA nephropathy.

Hayley has been a committee member of the UK Renal Pharmacy Group for over 15 years. During this time, she has organised the annual conference and represented the Group on a number of committees, including the RA-BRS Patient Safety Committee and the Renal Association Guidelines Committee. She served as UKRPG Chair from 2021 to 2024 and has since taken the role of Strategic Advisor.

In addition, she serves as the pharmacy representative for the UK National Community of Practice for Glomerulonephritis and as the Joint Chair of the UKKA Glomerulonephritis Special Interest Group.

Strategic Advisor

Clare Morlidge

Clare is a consultant renal pharmacist at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. She was co-editor of the Introduction to Renal Therapeutics reference text for the UKRPG. Clare is a past UKRPG chair, a member of NHSE Renal CRG and is a Past-President of the UKKA, co-chair of the AKI SIG and represents the UKRPG on the patient information committee and patient safety committee. Clare has an interest in AKI, and is responsible for prescribing for glomerular diseases, anaemia and ADPKD.

National Liaison Lead

Linda Ross

Linda Ross is a Principal Pharmacist, Transplant Renal and Urology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She is passionate about improving the care of patients with kidney and urological conditions through medicines optimisation, service innovation, and collaborative working within multidisciplinary teams. Her areas of interest include renal transplantation, rare kidney diseases, advanced therapies, and developing pharmacy services to enhance patient outcomes and experience.

Treasurer

Jaskiran Sanghera

Kiran is a highly specialist pharmacist in renal and emergency medicine. She was previously working in the South East London Multimorbidity Model of Care project focusing on CKD prevention and integrating care between primary and secondary care. Her experience involves working as a specialist pharmacist in transplant, renal and urology, delivering excellent care to this patient cohort and promoting medicines safety on wards and in specialist clinics. Her expertise comprises providing holistic patient-centred medication reviews including medicines optimisation for CKD prevention and cardio-renal-metabolic management, supporting dialysis patients with their medications and managing the use of antimicrobials in renal patients safely.

As the Communications Officer for the RPG, she is responsible for delivering its communications strategy, strengthening engagement with members and ensuring clear, consistent dissemination of clinical information.

Communications Officer

Sara Perkins

Sara is a highly experienced clinical pharmacist in all subspecialties of renal care, from early CKD to KRT, with a particular focus on transplantation. She is the co-director of the BNSSG Kidney Disease Health Improvement Team and an independent prescriber in both CKD and tolvaptan clinics.

Sara is a passionate educator and contributing author to several UK guidelines on transplantation and supported the NHSE/I Renal Services Transformation Project for transplantation.

Editor in Chief of Renal Drug Handbook/Database

Issac Tseng

Isaac is an NIHR Doctoral Fellow at University College London and a kidney pharmacist at the Oxford Kidney Unit. His research focuses on pharmacoepidemiology and causal inference methods to improve evidence-based prescribing. He also works to advance interdisciplinary collaboration and build capacity in quantitative research within the pharmacy workforce.

Research & Development Subgroup Co-Chair

Dane Howard

Research & Development Subgroup Co-Chair

Charlotte Mallindine

Conference Planning Subgroup Co-Chair

Marc Vincent

Conference Planning Subgroup Co-Chair

Gareth Bryant

Gareth is a Specialist Pharmacist for Nephrology and Transplant at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, supporting kidney care across South East Wales and transplant services for South Wales. He is also a Teacher Practitioner for undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University. His primary interests include the education and development of the pharmacy workforce. He is a member of the All-Wales Pharmacy Workforce Delivery Assurance Group, where he supports the evolution of roles for pharmacists and pharmacy support staff across all sectors. He also has a strong interest in patient education, leading projects on medication adherence and education in cardio-renal metabolic disease prevention.

Clinical Subgroup Co-Chair

Olivia Kanka

Olivia is the Principal Renal Pharmacist at Cambridge University Hospitals with a particular interest in CKD prevention, Advanced Kidney Care and autoimmune kidney diseases. As well as co-chairing the RPG clinical sub-group, Olivia also leads the High Cost Drugs and Medicines Optimisation workstream of the East of England Regional Renal network, whereby ensuring equity of access to medication for all patients in nephrology across EOE is her key role.

Olivia is passionate about upskilling clinicians across nephrology to improve knowledge and confidence in providing expert care to all of our kidney patients.

Clinical Subgroup Co-Chair

Lauren Hall

Education & Training Subgroup Co-Chair

Amy Page

Education & Training Subgroup Co-Chair