EOIs invited - Help design a bespoke management course for renal trainees
The UKKA Training and Education Committee is seeking someone with experience in the clinical management of renal services, locally or regionally, to help them design a bespoke management course. The successful candidate will work alongside the Committee to help ensure this course delivers the...
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Recommendations for third or booster COVID-19 vaccines
Clarification on kidney patients who are eligible for the third primary or booster COVID-19 vaccination is now available.Further to their recommendations on third primary vaccination JCVI have now recommended a booster vaccine dose for patient groups that include patients on dialysis and CKD 3-5...
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UKKA response to JCVI 3rd dose announcement
The UK Kidney Association (UKKA) welcomes the announcement by the JCVI recommending a third dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in kidney patients who are receiving immunosuppression treatment. This decision is a response to extensive scientific data showing that many of these kidney patients have a...
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NHSBT webinar: Black & Asian Transplant Activity Report
The NHSBTs' briefing webinar about the release of the Black and Asian Transplant Activity Report and launch of the Community Investment Scheme – Living Kidney Donation, was held on Thursday 19th August. This free webinar covered the following topics; An overview of the key stats from the report...
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2021 NICE CKD Guideline
Removal of the ethnicity adjustment for kidney function testing and the NICE Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) guideline: A joint statement from professional, patient, and research kidney organisationsThe National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) guideline...
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SGLT-2 Inhibition in Adults with Kidney Disease draft guideline for review
The draft UK Kidney Association clinical practice guideline on Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibition in Adults with Kidney Disease is now available for review.Please send any comments to Sarah Crimp by Sunday 12 September, using this form
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KCT joint response to Lancet publication
New research published in The Lancet has shown that, unlike the general population, many people who have kidney failure and who are on haemodialysis have a poor antibody response to two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The research also shows that the antibodies are less effective against the delta...
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Published: NHSE recommendations on non-emergency patient transport
The NHSE has published recommendations on non-emergency patient transport, including a major focus on patients receiving dialysis. The report can be read here.Importantly it includes a new universal commitment to transport support for all journeys to and from renal dialysis, offering access to...
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UKKA Kidney Patient Safety Committee (KPSC) - Update
UKKA Kidney Patient Safety Committee (KPSC) - Update The UKKA KPSC continues to benefit from an enthusiastic membership, consisting of patient representatives and colleagues from across the multidisciplinary team. We are grateful that several private provider colleagues have recently joined our...
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EOIs now invited : IgA Vasculitis guideline working group
Do you want to help us develop guidelines for the management of IgA vasculitus (HSO) in children? The EATC4C are developing UK guidelines on the management of children with Immunoglobulin A vasculitus (also known as Henoch Schonlein Purpura)We are looking for an ADULT NEPHROLOGIST to join the UK...
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