Blog Spot from the Renal Association.
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 […]
Donal on behalf of the Renal Association; update for Association of Renal Industries – May 2017
UK Kidney Week 2017 is almost upon us; and what a great programme awaits in Liverpool. Plenty for everyone whether your main interest is in medicines, devices or technology. The Renal Association and our partners in 2017, International Society of Nephrology and the British Transplant Society, are looking forward to welcoming our industry colleagues to […]
Conduct Guidelines – working with Patients and Patient Organisations
The ARI have been approached by BRS Council to develop some guidelines to support industry members who may interact with patients and patient organisations particularly at professional conferences. The guidelines have been finalised and should be made available to you at any BRS conference. The guidelines are available via this link, Patient Delegates and patient organisations […]
ANSA National Meeting – recommended by ARI Treasurer, Digby Lund
The ANSA conference was held on 22nd April @ the Arden Hotel near Birmingham and was attended by around 100 delegates from across the UK and ROI. Industry support came in the form of stands from came 5 companies. The program was wide ranging and started with a debate on the recently updated NICE Guidelines on […]
ARI Annual Meeting
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 […]
Renal Registry Informatics – 23rd September 2015 (Meeting Summary)
Our very own Digby Lund (ARI ExecutiveCommittee Member) attended the Renal Registry Informatics Meeting back in September 2015. These meetings are held twice yearly at the Registry and are FREE for all company representatives to attend. The meeting began with a very helpful overview of the latest (2014) report highlighting some of the data regarding […]
Meeting Reports by EC members to be published here
The ARI Executive Committee members attend a number of meetings on behalf of the Association across the year. We will be publishing summaries of these meetings (in blog style) for your interest via the ‘News’ section of the website. The aim of this is to help keep you up-to-date with current initiatives and to generate […]
UKKW – Registration now open and abstract submissions closing this week
Registration for UKKW in Birmingham from 7-10 June 2016 is now open. The abstract submission deadline has been extended until 5pm on 25 January 2016. More information and registration is available here UKKW registration UKKW Abstract Submission
BRS/RA Patient Safety Group
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 – Abstract Submission is open
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