Kidney care needs a clear national strategy & your voices are essential.

🗣 #VoicestoVision is a national listening exercise to help shape the future of kidney service & campaign for government action.

📅 Join a listening event: https://ow.ly/fp3a50Y09K7

📢 Webinar for renal trainees

Infections in the kidney transplant recipient: what every renal trainee should know

🗓️ 27 Jan, 19:00 - 20:00

Join Dr Mark Harber for a practical session on post-transplant infections, prevention & clinical management.

👉 Register: https://ow.ly/BqxQ50XXf0V

Joining us for #UKKW26, Harrogate?

With 70+ sessions spanning biopsy decision-making, glomerular disease, imaging, AI, genomics, hypertension & integrated care, the programme reflects the full breadth of kidney practice.

⏰Registration closes 23 Feb
👉bit.ly/477LgH8

#KidneyProfessionals #Nephrology

'AKI recovery' is described in many ways – from stopping dialysis to creatinine within 10% of baseline.

How do you define it in practice?

👉 Share your view via this short survey: https://ow.ly/8rVo50X76Vp
🕐 <5 mins

📊 Results will inform UKKA AKI SIG’s work on #AKI recovery

#KidneyHealth

⌛Last chance to nominate an Honorary Member!

Know a UKKA member who’s made an exceptional contribution to kidney care, research or UKKA’s work?

📧 Send their name, role & short statement to [email protected] by Monday!

Let’s celebrate excellence across our kidney community. 🎉

Come and be inspired at #UKKW26 in Harrogate this March!

Learn | Connect | Grow

Registration savings include:
✔ Big discounts for UKKA members
✔ MPT & Scientist hotel offers
✔ Attendance Fund to help with childcare costs

👉 Register now: https://bit.ly/477LgH8

#KidneyProfessionals #Nephrology

Renal expert wanted

The UK Advisory Panel for Healthcare Workers Living with Bloodborne Viruses (UKAP) is seeking a senior renal medicine expert to provide independent advice on HIV, hepatitis B & hepatitis C in clinical settings.

🕒 Time commitment: 6–8 days/yr
✉️ Send EOI + CV → [email protected]

📣 #ResidentDoctors & #MedicalStudents – don't miss our #Nephrology taster event NEXT FRIDAY!

Perfect for those thinking about a career in the specialty

You'll learn about key conditions, explore career pathways plus get tips for CVs & interviews.

🎟️£10 | 💻 Online
👉https://ow.ly/1iGt50XVZvJ

🚨 CLOSING SOON!
Send your EOI for MPT Co-Chair – AKI Special Interest Group by this Friday

You'll work with Medical Co-Chair Jon Murray to shape national #AKI priorities, support multi-professional collaboration & drive improvements in patient care.

📧 Apply via [email protected] by 23:59, 16 Jan

TLC Symposium, Wed 21 Jan | 13:00 GMT
🩺 Anaesthetic Considerations in #KidneyTransplantation

🎤 Dr Toby Reynolds (Consultant Anaesthetist) will cover perioperative care & pain management in early post-transplant mobility.

⏱ 1 hour | Online | Free | HCP’s only

🔗Register: https://ow.ly/i0h550XTmNY

🩺 First Skills in Dialysis Training Day

📅 Fri 16 Jan 2026
📍 London
💷 £120 (lunch included)

Interactive workshops + expert sessions on HD prescribing, home HD, ethics, pregnancy & innovation.

Find out more & register: https://dialysissociety.org/learning/

#Haemodialysis #KidneyCare #Nephrology

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Dwomoa (Jo) Adu, awarded an #OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to kidney disease in the UK & overseas.

Dr Adu is also the first-ever UKKA Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

A richly deserved honour, Dr Jo Adu OBE

#NewYearHonours #Nephrology

⏰Only 10 days left to nominate Honorary Members!

Know a UKKA member who’s made an exceptional contribution to #KidneyCare, research or UKKA’s work?

📧 Send name, role & short statement to [email protected] by Mon 19 Jan

Let’s celebrate excellence across the kidney community.

#Nephrology

📢 CLOSING SOON: EOIs for the Joint ABCD–UKKA Committee.

Seeking professionals in nursing, pharmacy, dietetics & general practice to support national work on diabetic kidney disease.

📧 Send a 1-page EOI to [email protected] by Friday 9 January

#DKD #KidneyCare #Diabetes

The kidney community is coming together to develop a national Kidney Disease Strategy focused on prevention, earlier intervention & better outcomes.

Join #VoicesToVision, our national listening programme running through 2026.

📅 Virtual launch: 4 Feb | 12:00–14:00
🔗 https://ow.ly/mshk50XRV2S

Everything you need for kidney care learning in one place. 🎓

Explore UKKA resources on CKD, AKI, diabetes in dialysis, CKD itch, psychosocial care & more.

👉 Explore the Education Hub today: https://education.ukkidney.org/

#KidneyCare #Nephrology

🌟 #UKKA75 Spotlight: Education 🌟
From meetings & guidance to a modern Education Hub reaching 5,000+ learners, education is now a core UKKA strategy pillar.

Focused on collaboration, leadership & integrated kidney care – supporting the workforce for the next 75 years.

#KidneyEducation

Our final Day in the Life 🎬

Meet Dr Mukunthan (Muks) Srikantharajah, renal & GIM registrar & UKKA Renal SpR Club representative.

From acute care to CKD, dialysis & transplantation, Muks shares why nephrology is such a rewarding specialty.

📽️: <a href="https://ow.ly/xb0y50XMbXu" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://ow.ly/xb0y50XMbXu: https://ow.ly/xb0y50XMbXu

🌟 Not yet a UKKA member? Join our community!

Benefits include:
✔️ Event discounts (UK Kidney Week & more)
✔️ Committees & SIGs participation
✔️ Leadership support & mentoring
✔️ Educational resources
✔️ Free ERA membership

💰 Membership from £15/year: https://www.ukkidney.org/about-us/membership

Happy New Year! 🎆

2025 marked the UKKA’s 75th Anniversary & amazing progress across kidney care—new SIGs, KQIP projects, charity collaborations & more.

Thanks to all our members & partners. Here’s to an exciting 2026 of collaboration & innovation! 🙌

#UKKA75

🥂 Stuck for a New Year’s resolution?

Why not update your UKKA membership account!

Reconnect to our new platform, check your details, update your profile & stay connected in 2026.

👉 Switch to the upgraded platform now: https://ow.ly/UCUf50XKWl7

#MembershipUpdate

We’re proud to have awarded £10,000+ in delegate grants, supporting 30+ UKKA members to attend #UKKW26.

💰 These grants support early-career professionals, trainees & MPT members, helping ensure diverse voices shape the programme.

👉 Find out more: https://www.ukkw.org/grants/

#KidneyProfessionals

📣#ResidentDoctors & #MedicalStudents – you have until 2 Jan to submit an abstract for the upcoming Taster Course!

Join us online to learn about key conditions, explore career pathways & get tips for CVs & interviews.

Find out more & register: https://ow.ly/PKBy50XL0nR

🧬 Rare kidney disease causes almost all childhood kidney failure, yet many children face delays accessing new therapies.

In 2026, RaDaR will launch a CKD of unknown aetiology Rare Disease Group to help more children join future clinical trials.

#RareKidneyDisease

Did you know Harrogate's healthcare history dates back to the 16th century? 💧

W.Slingsby discovered medicinal springs & it’s reputation as a spa town began to flourish. Visitors came from far & wide to treat ailments like scurvy & epilepsy.

Join us in Harrogate for #UKKW26