BRS Conference Programme 2007
 


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TUESDAY 12th JUNE 2007

8.00

REGISTRATION



9.00-10.00

HALL 1

Implementing the NSF - a State of the Union
Chair:  Paul Stevens

Guest Speakers
Donal O'Donoghue, National Clinical Director for Kidney Care, Consultant Nephrologist, Hope Hospital, Salford
David Colin-Thomé, National Primary Care Clinical Director
10.00-11.00

COFFEE BREAK

POSTERS & EXHIBITION

HALL 3

11.00-12.30

HALL 1

HALL 9 (285)

HALL 10

CKD FORUM
Chair: Nichola Thomas

Involving patients and carers in improving renal services
G Smith, Modernisation Initiative

Renal dysfunction in an ethnically diverse cohort population - a study of prevalence, risk and awareness
N Jain, Kidney Research UK

How a one-stop nurse-led CKD clinic can support the management of CKD in primary care
A. Mahon,  Barts and the London

The prevalence of CKD in UK Residential homes
GL Eaglestone, East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

Management of patients in General Nephrology Clinics- The Pan-Thames picture
Guest Speaker: Ian John, Consultant Nephrologist, Kent & Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust

VASCULAR ACCESS and DIALYSIS
Chair: Eric Will

Haemodialysis Antimicrobial catheter locking solutions in the prevention of catheter related bacteraemia: a meta-analysis (Scholarship)
Y Jaffer, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Vascular calcification and its cardiovascular consequences are relentless and progressive over 2 years in CKD 4 and 5 patients (Scholarship)
M Sigrist, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 A streamlined model of vascular access provision
S Powers, Heart of England Foundation Trust

Routine pre-operative ultrasound improves patency and adequacy of arteriovenous fistulae for haemodialysis: a randomised study
M Ferring, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Cerebral injury in haemodialysis patients: the role of paradoxical embolisation (Scholarship)
V Sekar, University of Manchester

The perils of parathyroidectomy in maintenance dialysis patients: an audit of outcomes and postoperative complications (Scholarship)
G Nevitt, Lister Hospital, Stevenage

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE THROUGH CHANGES IN SERVICE DELIVERY
Chair: Natasha McIntyre

Using postcode mapping to provide more accessible HD services in SE London
N Gitsham, Modernisation Initiative

A study of the efficiency of transport services for haemodialysis patients
S Griffiths,  Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dependence to Independence and Beyond
Guest Speaker: Grainne Walsh, Paediatric Transplant Sister, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Improving entry into adult care
Guest Speaker: Alan Watson, Professor of Paediatric Nephrology, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust
 

12.30-14.00

HALL 3

LUNCH

EXHIBITION & POSTERS

14.00-15.30
 

HALL 1

Introducing Method in Service Improvement  
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Chair: Jane Macdonald, Lead Nurse for Renal, Hope Hospital, Salford; Vice-President, BRS
Guest Speaker: Service Improvement: Charlie Tomson, Renal Registry Chair, Consultant Nephrologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Guest Speaker: How to improve practice: Hugh Rogers, Consultant Urologist, Coventry & NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
15.30-16.30

HALL 3

EXHIBITION & POSTERS
COFFEE

16.30-18.00

HALL 1

HALL 9

HALL 10

TRANSPLATATION FORUM
Chair: Lisa Burnapp

A simple tool to assess concordance with immunosuppressive therapy
P Rowe,  Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

Design of the Renal Symptom Rating Questionnaire (RSRQ) for Patients with Kidney Transplants and Patients Using Dialysis Treatments
C Bradley, Royal Holloway, University of London, 
S Carr John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester and
STEPP Research Group

Does transplantation improve survival for end stage renal disease patients in the UK? (Scholarship)
D Ansell, UK Renal Registry, Bristol

Association of post transplant hypercalcaemia with change in estimated GFR

E Long, Cork University Hospital

Human Tissue Act
Guest Speaker: Keith Rigg, Consultant Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust

SERVICE IMPROVEMENT WORKSHOP A
Nutrition and phosphate control

Chair: Louise Wells, York

Representatives from 3 best performing renal units identified by the Renal Registry

Hugh Cairns, Consultant Nephrologist, Kings College Hospital


CHANGE PACKAGE
PRESENTATIONS
 

SERVICE IMPROVEMENT WORKSHOP B
Anaemia control
Chair: Cathy Johnson

Representatives from 3 best performing renal units identified by the Renal Registry
 
Russell Roberts, Consultant Nephrologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
 


CHANGE PACKAGE
 PRESENTATIONS
 

19.15-20.00 RECEPTION

HALL 3

20.00-01.00 GALA DINNER

HALL 4