EDUCATION    

AN AUDIT OF CHANGE IN PRACTICE FOLLOWING THE DOH GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINES
FOR RENAL DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION UNITS
K Casley, P Ellis
King’s College Hospital, London

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS INTERDISCIPLINARY
AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES IN RENAL DIALYSIS
C Donoghue, S Juby
Broomfield Hospital, Essex

BUILDING BRIDGES - TEAM APPROACH TO PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD) REQUIRING LIMB AMPUTATION
D Iles, T Chance, L Coleman, L Van de Peer
Kent & Canterbury Hospital

IMPROVING THE STUDENT NURSES CLINICAL PLACEMENT ON AN ADULT RENAL WARD
C Richardson
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

DESIGNING A POST REGISTRATION RENAL COURSE THAT IS FIT FOR PURPOSE
S Russell, R Gair
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

SETTING UP A WORK SHADOWING PROJECT WITHIN RENAL SERVICES - CAN IT WORK?
R Wolfenden
York Hospital

MASTERS LEVEL EDUCATION IN RENAL CARE - NEW WAYS TO ENHANCE THE SCOPE OF
INTERPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
S Woodcock, J Hurst1, N Thomas2
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton1, City University2



HD GROUP     

EFFECT OF INTRODUCING HAEMODIALYSIS FLUID CONTAINING GLUCOSE ON THE CARE
OF DIABETIC PATIENTS AND THE WORKLOAD OF NURSING STAFF
K Baharvand, C Garratt, A Hardy, E Lindley, D Littler, S Stephenson, E Will
St Jame's University Hospital, Leeds

THE EFFECT OF AN ANTIBIOTIC LINE LOCK PROTOCOL ON HOSPITALISATION FOR
CATHETER RELATED INFECTION
E Bosah, I Daryanani, J Davies, A Crowe, P McClelland
Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral

EXPERIENCES WITH USING GLARGINE IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Y Bradburn, A Barnett, M Thomas, D Whyte
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

HAEMODIALYSIS CANNULATION: IS IT PAIN FREE?
J Brander, C Vass
Nottingham City Hospital

ACUTE ELEVATIONS OF CRP ARE COMMON IN HD PATIENTS, USUALLY EXPLAINABLE AND
PREDICTIVE OF POOR SURVIVAL
S Chandna, K Farrington, L Nazar
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

TUNNELLED TESIO LINES: A RETROSPECTIVE PREVALENCE STUDY OF SEPSIS AND LINE
SURVIVAL
D Chatterjee, A Asari, CD Short
Manchester Royal Infirmary

IMPLICATIONS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA SURGERY ON PATIENT FUNCTION AND
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
R Daniells
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, London

HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS' EXPERIENCE OF ILLNESS AND TREATMENT
C Karamanidou, F Robinson, J Treasure, J Weinman
Guy's Hospital, London

AGONISING OVER ACCESS
L Korrakuti, E Chemla, M Pinkney
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton

SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENTS SUITABLE FOR HOME DIALYSIS
M Lean, W McKane
Sheffield Kidney Institute

THE PROPOSED REDUCTION IN NURSING WORKLOAD AND COST SAVING BY USING
ON-LINE UREA CLEARANCE MONITORING IN A RENAL UNIT
J Lucy, Y Griffiths
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Clwyd

A NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING SODIUM MASS BALANCE IN HAEMODIALYSIS AND
HAEMODIAFILTRATION
P McLaren, K Farrington
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

ENHANCING THE 'PROTON' COMPUTER SYSTEM, A COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH
J Nicholas
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SERVICE CONTRACT FOR HOME HAEMODIALYSIS
M O'Sullivan
St Georges Hospital, London

THE DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF AN ACCESS SURVEILLANCE STRATEGY
IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
C Pearce, N Hoenich, C Wilson
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne

INTRODUCING A SELF DIRECTED INDEPENDENCY PACK FOR HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS.
A COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING PACKAGE.
C Perkins, H Lawson
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

ACCURATE BLOOD PRESSURE RECORDING "TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS
ACHIEVING RENAL ASSOCIATION STANDARDS"
C Poole, C Harris
Walsall Dialysis Center

A BEST-PRACTICE MODEL FOR MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD-BORNE VIRUS (BBV) TESTING
AND IMMUNISATION IN HAEMODIALYSIS (HD)
A Seah, F Harris, D Makanjuola, M Steele, A Whitmore
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton

IMPROVING PERMANENT VASCULAR ACCESS IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS BY
DEVELOPING A NURSE CO-ORDINATED SERVICE.
H Spooner, J Nicholas
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

DEPENDENCY SCORING IN A HAEMODIALYSIS UNIT
A Waller, R Lawton
St Lukes Hospital, Bradford

AN AUDIT ON THE USE OF CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE IN THE PREVENTION OF HAEMO DIALYSIS
CATHETER COLONISATION AND INFECTION
RE Wheatley, M Higginbotham, C Jones, P Laboi, N Than, G Taylor, J Turney
Leeds General Infirmary

IS BLOOD FLOW AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF HAEMODIALYSIS ADEQUACY AND ARE
TREATMENT PRACTICES TAKING THIS INTO ACCOUNT
J Winterbottom, R Coward, R Foley, R Gokal, B Lane, A MacLeod*, A Trehan, M Venning
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Renal Association Standard Sub Committee*

A PRACTICAL PROTOCOL FOR DIALYSATE FLOW RATE SELECTION
C Worledge
Mid Essex Hospitals Trust

MANAGEMENT GROUP  

THE CREATION OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY AUDIT AND CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS GROUP
K Casley, P Ellis
King's College Hospital, London

COMMON PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WHEN RENAL PATIENTS ARE ADMITTED TO A
GENERAL HOSPITAL
B Dring
Nottingham City Hospital

A STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES RECEIVING RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPIES:
THE EFFECT OF DIALYSIS MODALITY ON GLYCAEMIC CONTROL.
M Heap
Royal Preston Hospital

IMPROVING QUALITY STANDARDS WITHIN THE RENAL DIRECTORATE
T Manji, R Adkins, A McGrarry
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

CAN BETTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN HOSPITAL AND PRIMARY CARE IMPROVE THE
MANAGEMENT OF THOSE WITH DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY?
N Thomas
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton


NUTRITION GROUP  

THE INTRODUCTION OF A SPECIALIST NUTRITION PACK ON THE NEPHRO-UROLOGY UNIT
S Flack, G Fitzsimmons, C Graham, V Shaw
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY ENCAPSULATING SCLEROSING PERITONITIS PATIENTS,
POST PERITONECTOMY, AFFECTING NUTRITION AND QUALITY OF LIFE
A Jordaan
Manchester Royal Infirmary

IMPROVING PHOSPHATE MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS APPROACHING END STAGE RENAL
DISEASE
G Nevett
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

DIETARY EDUCATION FOR HAEMODIALYSIS NURSES - IS IT EFFECTIVE?
B Reasbeck, J Pinnell
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

DOES DIALYSIS IN THE AFTERNOON CONTRIBUTE TO MALNUTRITION IN HAEMODILAYSIS
PATIENTS?
L Wells, R Wolfenden
York Hospital


PD GROUP  

STANDARDISING THE PREPARATION OF PATIENTS NEEDING CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD)
MJ Folley, TH Patterson
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

SINGLE CENTRE, 14-YEAR PROSPECTIVE AUDIT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PRACTICES
AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES
T Griffiths, S Davies, P Naish
University Hospital of North Staffordshire

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETER EXIT SITE CARE: AN AUDIT OF CURRENT PRACTICE
T Kettle, E Bailey, T Oxley
Royal Preston Hospital

A REVIEW OF DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN HAEMODIALYSIS AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
PATIENTS
G Nevett
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

ASSESSING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETER EXIT SITES: THE USE OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC
CLASSIFICATION GUIDE
T Oxley, E Bailey, T Kettle
Royal Preston Hospital

IMPROVED CALCIUM / PHOSPHATE BALANCE IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS - A
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
S Perry, S Bhandari, S Debruijn
Hull Royal Infirmary

SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE OF THREE DIFFERENT MODES OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
(PD) CATHETER INSERTION
A Whitmore, E Asgari, A Makanjuola, M Steele
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton



PRE DIALYSIS GROUP  

IMPROVING THE PRE-DIALYSIS EXPERIENCE: A NOVEL NURSE-LED MULTIDISCIPLINARY
LOW CLEARANCE CLINIC
A Dodds, I Dasgupta, A Jones
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

VESICOURETERIC REFLUX IN THE UK - ESTABLISHING A DNA COLLECTION FROM
AFFECTED FAMILIES - FIRST YEAR REPORT
A Gullett, A Stewart
The Institute of Child Health, London

INTRODUCTION OF AN INTRAVENOUS IRON BOLUS CLINIC FOR PRE-DIALYSIS AND
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS
P McLaren
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

INCREASING DIVERSITY OF THE PRE-DIALYSIS NURSE ROLE
J McNicholas, C Eggeling
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton

THE SAFETY OF DAY CASE NATIVE RENAL BIOPSIES: AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH
E Mohammed, T Leach
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

PATIENT-CENTRED EDUCATION - MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO PRE-DIALYSIS CARE
M Pinkney, J Egbe, J McNicholas, N Thomas
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton

AN INTEGRATED PATHWAY FOR MANAGING THE CARE OF END STAGE RENAL FAILURE
PATIENTS ONTO RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY.
JD Williams¹, KJ Craig¹, SJ Davies², K Donovan¹, Simon Gwynn⁵, JP Jenkins¹, JTC Kwan³, A Neville¹, ME Wilkie⁴
University of Wales College of Medicine¹, North Staffordshire Hospital², SW Thames Institute for
Renal Research³, Sheffield Kidney Institute⁴, Red Kite Interaction Ltd⁵



PSYCHO / SOCIAL AND CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT GROUP 

THE OPTIMUM PATHWAY FOR PALLIATIVE CARE IN END STAGE RENAL FAILURE.
IS IT ACHIEVABLE?
K Baguley
Manchester Royal Infirmary

FAMILY MATTERS: THE EFFECT ON CHILDREN OF HAVING A PARENT WITH CHRONIC
RENAL FAILURE - A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
F Coldstream
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, London

JOINT WORKING WITH HOSPICE TEAMS - A RENAL COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
J Daniels
Kent & Canterbury Hospital

CONSENT TO TREATMENT, WHOSE BEST INTEREST IS IT ANYWAY?
A Finlay
Mid Essex Hospitals Trust

MANAGING END OF LIFE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE
M Fish, MJ Cassidy, A Goodchild
Nottingham City Hospital

GROWN UPS WITH KIDNEY FAILURE - A GUIDE FOR CHILDREN
C Holman
York Hospital

DEVELOPING A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE WITHIN A NEPHROLOGY & TRANSPLANT
TEAM: WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND STAFF?
K Oaksford, G Fitzgibbon
University Hospital of Wales

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS OF TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC
DIALYSIS PATIENTS
KS Rabindranath, J Butler, C Daly, A MacLeod, P Roderick, S Wallace 8
University of Aberdeen

IDENTIFICATION OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND ADJUSTMENT TO ILLNESS IN RENAL
REPLACEMENT THERAPY PATIENTS BY A PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING SERVICE
CS Rylance, C Frankenburg, MA Jackson, J Nicholas, J Odum, PB Rylance 9
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

IS THE DECISION TO OPT FOR MAXIMUM CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT (MXCM)
INFLUENCED BY THE INDIVIDUALS' RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND / OR THEIR ETHNICITY?
B Williams, A Burns, J Croeier, S Johnson 10
Royal Free Hospital, London



TRANSPLANTATION GROUP  

REQUESTING DONATION WORKSHOPS: AN EDUCATIONAL ROADSHOW. ONE INITIATIVE TO
INCREASE ORGAN DONATION.
L Collar, L Hill, D Price, M Roberts
Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust

IMPROVING THE PATIENT JOURNEY: INFORMATION TAILORED TO THE PAEDIATRIC RENAL
TRANSPLANT PATIENT
S Patey, S Bradley, F Denis, S Flack
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

INTRODUCTION OF A MEDICATION HOME DELIVERY SERVICE AND CLINIC BASED
PHARMACIST TO A TRANSPLANT OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT: AN EVALUATION
A Prowse, D Scott
Churchill Hospital, Oxford

A CHALLENGING CASE OF DONOR AND RECIPIENT BELIEF
C Ho, E Baker
St Helier Hospital, Carshalton