BRS Conference Program 2004
     
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SATURDAY 22nd MAY 2004;

8.00-9.30 Registration & Coffee
9.30-11.00 Auditorium
DIABETES AND RENAL COMPLICATIONS: THE NEED FOR EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT
Co-Chairs: M Kumwenda, Glan Clwyd Hospital & D Griffen, NKF

Nurse led clinics - lessons from Diabetes Nurse Specialists
Guest Speaker: Pauline Lee, Salford Royal Hospital Trust


A Multidisciplinary approach to improve screening and management of diabetic nephropathy
J Lewis, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd Hospital

Screening for nephropathy and prioritisation of patients for referral to renal physicians in an annual review diabetic clinic
D Chatterjee, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester

Overview and recent developments in Diabetic Nephropathy
Guest Speaker: Rudy Bilous, South Tees NHS Trust

Poster Awards: Steve Smith, President of the British Renal Society
11.00-12.30 Coffee
Exhibition & Posters
(Exhibition closes at 12.30)
12.30-14.00 Auditorium
CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF CKD
Chair: R Greenwood, The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

National Survey of Palliative Care in ESRD in the UK
S Gunda, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

A Collaborative approach to managing patients not wishing to have dialysis
N Brick,
Kent & Canterbury Hospital

Withdrawal from dialysis: is it really a common occurrence?
M da Silva Gane,
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Audit of the conservative care of patients with severe renal failure
J Shears, New Cross Hospital,
Wolverhampton

Theories in Palliative Care in relation to Non-dialysis management: looking at support & guidance for families
Guest Speaker: Jenny Altschuler,
Formerly Tavistock Clinic, now Open University
Hall D
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
WORKSHOP

Chair: S Davies, North
Staffordshire Hospital

Advice given to increase
dietary protein or energy does not improve actual intake or nutritional status in CAPD patients.

D Sutton, Queen Alexandra
Hospital, Portsmouth

Longitudinal evaluation of a weight reduction study for
patients on PD

E Corden, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge

Near subject measurement of longitudinal body composition changes in PD patients compared to healthy controls.
B Engel, Royal Surrey, Guilford

Development of a peritonitis risk factor assessment tool
L Lappin, Hope Hospital, Salford

PD Solutions and the New
Biocompatible Systems

Guest Speaker: Jonathan Kwan,
St. Helier Hospital
Kings Suite
TRANSPLANTATION: KEEPING UP WITH RECENT ADVANCES
Chair: L Collar, University
Hospital of Wales

Can a functional food exert a cholesterol lowering effect on renal transplant patients?
Author: D Sutton,
Queen Alexandra Hospital,
Portsmouth

Non Heart Beating Donor Programme
Guest Speaker: Joanne Kerr,
Freeman Hospital

Islet cell transplantation
Guest Speaker: Gabrielle
Brons, University of Cambridge
Conference Room
ENHANCING THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH CARE SUPPORT WORKER IN THE DIALYSIS UNIT
Chair: A Armstrong, Mid Essex
Hospital Trust

The Role of the Health Care Support Worker within the Renal Setting
A Davies-Tipping,
North East Wales NHS Trust

Maximising the potential of unqualified staff within the renal setting
N Finch, 
Royal Preston Hospital

NVQ - Nephrology Valued Qualification
T Higgins, 
Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust

Healthcare support worker to renographer - the process - personal perspective
L Jackson, 
Mid Essex Hospital Trust