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UK Kidney Association
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The leading professional body for the UK kidney community.

Dedicated to improving lives by supporting professionals in the delivery of kidney care and research.
⏳Last chance to apply for a #UKKW26 Attendance Grant!💸

Secure funding to attend UK Kidney Week, the UK’s largest gathering of #KidneyProfessionals

📧 All details: https://www.ukkw.org/grants

🕛 Apply by midnight TONIGHT 🕛

#KidneyConference
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 EOIs invited 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]

Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD)
#DKD #KidneyCare #Diabetes
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Launching Tuesday 👀

A new psychosocial care training to help kidney teams boost confidence, communication & patient support is on the way.

Designed for every patient-facing role.

Watch this space.

#Nephrology #PsychosocialCare #KidneyCare
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
💻 Upcoming TLC Symposium.

📆 Thurs 4 December
🕐 13:00 - 14:00

The free online session will explore key considerations for developing #PaediatricKidneyTransplant services in low- and middle-income countries.

🔗 Register now: https://ow.ly/9WsY50XyBw1

#PaediatricKidneyCare
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 Have your say!

Our Ethics & Law Committee wants your input on ethical & legal issues in kidney care – from capacity assessment to personalised consent & transplant ethics.

📝 Survey is anonymous & quick to complete: www.surveymonkey.com...

Please share with your networks!
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
💡 Get involved at #UKKW26!

Become a Poster Moderator or Session Chair:
✅ Pick your topics
✅ Guide discussions
✅ Shape how programme content is delivered

📅 Register interest by 19 Dec 2025
👉 Poster Moderator: ow.ly/mSnp50XwXrw
👉 Session Chair: ow.ly/tcJI50XwXrx

#Nephrology
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌟 Spotlight: Enhanced Supportive Kidney Care SIG 🌟
Championing holistic, person-centred care across all stages of #KidneyDisease.

Discover how our ESKC SIG is helping ensure care aligns with patients' goals, values and quality of life 👇

www.ukkidney.org/75-...

#UKKA75 #HolisticCare
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Now online in @ndt-era.bsky.social – this article by Prof Daniel Gale shows how RaDaR data are accelerating drug development for rare kidney diseases – informing NICE appraisals, regulatory endpoints & clinical trials for IgA nephropathy, FSGS, C3G & Alport syndrome.

📄: ow.ly/L9HK50XqqqT
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
⏳ Only 4 days left for applications!
Apply to be Multi-Professional Co-Chair of the International Committee 🌍

Help guide global kidney initiatives, mentorship & collaboration.

📧 Send your EOI to ukka@ukkidney.org by Thurs 27 Nov

#GlobalHealth #Nephrology #KidneyCare
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
✨ How #PaediatricNephrology transformed care for children:

•1970s - child-specific eGFR
•CKD growth failure linked to nutrition
•Better phosphate care reduces CKD-MBD
•Dialysis & transplant adapted for small children
•1983 UK centres established

📄www.ukkidney.org/75-...
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🌟Dr Maria Pippias MBChB MRCP (Neph) PhD has been appointed Deputy Director of Informatics Research at the UKRR.

A Consultant Nephrologist & renal data expert, she’ll drive research that improves outcomes for people living with #KidneyDisease.

📰: www.ukkidney.org/abo...
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📢 NEW Clinical Practice Guideline published!

🩺 Immunosuppressive treatment for children & young people with IM-GD

• A shared national framework for care
• Evidence-based treatment for CYP
• Reducing variation & improving outcomes

📃Full Guideline: ow.ly/HtZL50XnTCL
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 The #UKRPG has updated national #vaccination recommendations for people with CKD, dialysis & kidney transplants.

Key points:
💉 COVID-19: Focused eligibility
💊 PCV20 to replace PPV23
🦠 Shingrix® for immunosuppressed adults 18+

🔗 Download further details: ow.ly/rvIq50XrAj4
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 Applications open!

Join the DAYLife PD Mentoring Programme – a 24-month initiative helping UK kidney centres expand & strengthen #PeritonealDialysis services.

💡 Mentoring, QI & skills training, PD network access & more.

👉 Apply now: www.ukkidney.org/abo...
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚨 Final hours to register for the ANC 2026!

Don’t miss one of nephrology’s most prestigious learning events:
📚 5 days of expert-led teaching
🧠 Hands-on workshops
🎓 Renowned faculty & GN symposium
🎥 Plenary recordings access post-course

🔗 Register now: ow.ly/ISXv50XqoVx
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🚨 LAST CHANCE! Early Bird registration for #UKKW26 closes tonight ⏰

🎓 Join the UK’s largest event for kidney professionals
💸 Save 10% | 3-day pass from just £270 | No price increase from UKKW25
🧬 50+ sessions | Expert speakers

👉 Register by midnight for best savings: www.ukkw.org/registr...
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📣 We are inviting comments on 2 draft CAKUT guideline scopes:

• Congenital Single Functioning Kidney
• Antenatal Hydronephrosis: Postnatal Management

We're also seeking EOIs to help develop the guidelines.

🗓 Deadline: 27 Nov

👉 Find out more & read drafts: www.ukkidney.org/bap...
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎓 FREE eLearning for healthcare professionals!

Don't miss the latest UKKA Education Hub courses:
💠 CKD-associated Pruritus
💠 #Diabetes in Dialysis

✅ Expert-led
✅ Certified
✅ Flexible online learning

Enrol now ➡️ education.ukkidney.o...
#Nephrology #CKD #eLearning
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📢 New Glomerular Diseases Guideline out now!

🧒 Up-to-date recommendations on diagnosing & treating immune-mediated #GlomerularDisease in children.
💊 Guidance on immunosuppression & supportive care.
✅ Endorsed by @BAPNnephrology

📃: ow.ly/HtZL50XnTCL

#KidneyDisease
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
⏰ 5 days left of early bird discounts for #UKKW26!

Book by Friday for the best rates including:
Full Conference
❇️ MPTS & Scientists - £270
❇️ Trainees & Academics: £315
❇️ Plus hotel offer for MPTs & Scientists

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

#KidneyProfessionals
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
💧 Could dialysis water grow vegetables? 🌿

Join our free #SustainableKidneyCare webinar on 12 Nov to explore how teams worldwide are cutting waste, reusing resources & building greener kidney services.

🔗 Register now:
us06web.zoom.us/webi...

#KidneyCare #ClimateAction
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
⚠️ Vacancy Alert!
Inviting EOIs for MPT Co-Chair: International Committee 🌏

Work with Dr Jinadu Yusuf Olanrewaju to strengthen global #KidneyCare through education, training, mentorship & collaboration.

📧 Apply via ukka@ukkidney.org by 27 Nov 📆

#GlobalHealth #Nephrology
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Want to save money on #UKKW26?

Book before 14 November & get a 3-day delegate pass starting from just £270!

Join #KidneyProfessionals in Harrogate this March for cutting-edge symposia, lectures & workshops in #KidneyCare.

💡 Get the best savings – register now: https://bit.ly/477LgH8
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
📢 New UKKA guidance on anticoagulation in advanced CKD now available - covering both VTE & NVAF.

Includes:
💊 updated DOAC advice,
📏 LMWH dose adjustments
🤝 Recommendations for shared decision-making in CKD 4-5 & dialysis.

Guidelines available here: www.ukkidney.org/hea...
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🕒 Just 4 days left!

Please encourage your patients to complete the Kidney PREM before it's too late.

Their feedback helps shape kidney care services across the UK. 💙

📆 Deadline: Mon 10 Nov

🔗kidneycareuk.org/get...

#KidneyPREM #KidneyCare #PatientExperience
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM