Conference Program Saturday

SATURDAY 11th JUNE 2005
8.00-9.30	Registration & Coffee
9.30-11.00	Auditorium THE ABLE PROGRAMME: MEETING THE CHALLENGES & ISSUES OF CKD IN THE SOUTH ASIAN & AFRICAN- CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES Chair: John Bradley, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge General Overview & Future Plans Guest Speaker: Neerja Jain, NKRF Awareness & community education programme for renal disease in an at risk population in Leicester Guest Speaker: John Feehally, University Hospital, Leicester Improving access for the UK’s South Asian population with type 2 diabetic renal disease Guest Speaker: Gurch Randhawa, Institute of Health Research, Luton Kidney Disease Education & Prevention Project in the African-Caribbean Population in Birmingham Guest Speakers: Dwomoa Adu, Birmingham Renal dysfunction in an unselected Indian Asian & European White Cohort Population in Southall – a study of prevalence, risk & awareness Guest Speaker: Liz Lightstone, Imperial College (Hammersmith Hospital) Peer Education Programme Guest Speaker: TBC Panel Discussion involving speakers above plus additional panellists including a representative from the Research Grants team at the Big Lottery Fund		Palatine PATIENT EMPOWERMENT Chair: Cathy Holman, York District Hospital Scholarship Winner: The development of a patient held record and individual plan of care to improve the level of individualized information and support to our patients M Higginbotham, York Hospital The health education needs of patients requiring anaemia treatment A Roche, Kings College Hospital, London Blood borne viruses and screening in dialysis patients V Sanu, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Patient Empowerment Guest Speaker: Dennis Crane, MBE, Regional Advocacy Officer, National Kidney Federation (NKF)
11.00-12.30	Brunch Windsor Hall Exhibition & Posters (Exhibition closes at 12.30)
12.30-14.00	Auditorium EARLY DETECTION OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Chair: Natasha McIntyre, Nottingham City Hospital Responding to the challenges in the management of diabetic renal disease J Lewis, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Wales The difference between the MDRD and Cockcroft & Gault methods for estimating GFR from serum creatinine: effect of body weight and a simple method for reconciliation J Tattersall, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds Managing Renal Disease in Primary Care Guest Speaker: Ian Wilkinson, Manchester Early detection of Renal Disease Guest Speaker: Steve Thomas, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospital, London	Palatine NEW WAYS OF WORKING Chair: Jane Macdonald, Hope Hospital, Salford Is there a role for the pharmacist in supplementary prescribing for haemodialysis patients? L Ridley, York Hospital Management of renal failure without dialysis: is there a magic trick? C Holman, York Hospital Sharing best practice across clinical and geographical boundaries: the introduction of an integrated care pathway (ICP) for people dying with chronic kidney disease (CKD) R Lewis, Hull Royal Infirmary Audit of the effectiveness of the dietetic assistant on a renal ward J Tomany, Manchester Royal Infirmary Future Challenges for renal dietitians: Primary care and new ways of working Guest Speaker: Debbie Sutton, Portsmouth		Porters TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF HAEMODIALYSIS Chair: Mark Forrest, Hope Hospital, Salford On-line monitoring of KT/V to allow modification of HD treatment times and ensure consistent delivery of adequate dialysis dose C Fielding, Derby City General Hospital Detection of unexpected flow patterns in arterio-venous fistulae using ultrasound dilution G Hossanee, St. James’s Hospital, Leeds Microbiolgical monitoring of dialysis water systems – is there a need for increased sampling? R James, The Royal London Hospital HD catheter dysfunction is reduced by catheter restricted filling with gentamicin and heparin H Pitt, Derby City General Hospital Malnutrition in HD – is there a link with haemoglobin? L Wells, York Hospital Scholarship Winner: Once weekly darbepoetin alfa is more cost effective than thrice weekly IV epoetin alfa when given intravenously – a prospective, cohort study L Ridley, York Hospital