Katie Vinen – Chair of the Clinical Services Committee I am delighted to have taken on the role of chair of the Clinical Services Committee at UK Kidney Week in Liverpool this year.  This committee represents the voice of renal unit clinical directors and aims to optimise service delivery within renal medicine. Those of us […]

We were delighted to welcome both delegates and speakers to our Annual Meeting held recently in central London. With an audience of 45 delegates in total representing industry, the clinical teams and patient organisations; the mood was upbeat and informal with a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded people with a common interest.   In hindsight, our […]

Paul Rylance (Chair of the BRS/RA Patient Safety Group) has recently written to all ARI members seeking their feedback on errors in HD washback resulting in avoidable anaemia in HD patients.  The letter can be accessed via the link below.  Please direct all your responses to the ARI Secretariat by email before 31 December 2015 […]

UK Kidney Week is running from the 7-10 June 2016 at the ICC in Birmingham.  BRS have announced this week that abstract submission is now open. UK Kidney Week – Abstract submission is open

KQUiP is a multiprofessional group driven to reduce variations in practice and improve outcomes for patients with kidney disease in the UK.  An informative article about the programme has been published recently in the Journal of Renal Nursing and is accessible here. JORN_2015_7_5_xxx_xxx_BRS5 final

Anaemia management in people with chronic kidney disease June 2015. Click here for more detail   Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management August 2015 Click here for more detail

National Transplant Week will be taking place from 7-13 September. Downloadable materials for National Transplant Week