The UK Kidney Association

We are the leading professional body for the UK renal community, dedicated to improving lives by supporting professionals in the delivery of kidney care and research. We have over 2,000 doctors, scientists and multi-professional team members.

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UK Renal Registry (UKRR)

The UKRR team manage data collection, analysis and reporting on approximately 8,000 new patients and 67,000 existing patients on dialysis or with a kidney transplant each year.

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Education Hub

The UKKA Education Hub provides resources for primary care providers and kidney specialists from across multi-professional teams, including eLearning courses, interactive quality improvement knowledge hubs, and archived webinars.

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Sarah Milne appointed new CKD SIG Co-Chair

Sarah Milne appointed MPT Co-Chair of CKD SIG

16 December 2025
The UK Kidney Association has appointed Sarah Milne, Kidney Nurse Consultant and Clinical Lead for Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Outpatients at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, as the new multi-professional team Co-Chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Special Interest Group (SIG). Sarah has...
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Voices to Vision: Co-designing a Kidney Disease Strategy

15 December 2025
Kidney care is changing. New treatments, technologies and models of care offer a major opportunity to transform outcomes for people living with kidney disease - but without a clear national strategy, that potential risks being lost. Following the publication of the 10-Year Health Plan, the kidney...
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Vacancy: MPT Co-Chair, Acute Kidney Injury SIG

11 December 2025
We are inviting expressions of interest from colleagues across the kidney multi-professional team to become the next Multi-professional Co-Chair of the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Special Interest Group. Working alongside Medical Co-Chair, Jon Murray (Consultant Nephrologist), the successful applicant...
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The UK Kidney Association is the leading professional body for the UK renal community, improving lives by supporting professionals in the delivery of kidney care and research.

We welcome all team members working or training in clinical renal care, renal research or related fields, and those treating and caring for people with kidney disease. In support of education and training, we run the annual UK Kidney Week, the Advanced Nephrology Course and the regional Kidney Quality Improvement meetings.

The UK Kidney Association (UKKA) is a trading name of the Renal Association, a registered charity (no 800733) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales under company number 2229663.