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Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Veena Raleigh of the King’s Fund and colleagues have undertaken a study analysing associations between staff survey results and inpatient experience in 166 acute and spe ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Morris has the ability to see into the future and was predicting the number of people likely to need renal replacement therapy in London last week. MORRIS, the model for optim ...
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The second home dialysis meeting in Manchester at the beginning of October was a fabulous meeting. The delegates had a lot of energy and I was pleased to hear of the progress ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has until now been the poor relation of kidney care. The National Service Framework identified AKI, previously known as Acute Renal Failure (ARF) as ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
The vascular branch of the Department of Health includes cardiac, stroke, diabetes and kidney policy teams and also covers the NHS Health Checks Programme that from 1 April th ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Q: Dear Donal, a limit to opening HD capacity is getting trained HD nurses. They are a scarce and valuable resource. I gather that the Home Office will not grant them work per ...
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Q: Donal, you've addressed this issue in your blog, but that hasn't solved the problem. Our team are now being required to do MRSA screening swabs in ALL day case attenders wh ...
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This is a lengthy report but one that is filled with lots of information about indicators and trends relevant to the social determinance of health. Between 1995-1997 and 2005 ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is gaining visibility. The move to a standard definition and staging system based on the rise in serum creatinine will, I hope, have the same demysti ...
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The second Renal Services National Service Framework (NSF) progress report was launched on 18 May by Rosie Winterton, Minister of State, at the newly opened Department of Rena ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
As my annual cycling trip looms before me, my thoughts if not my legs, have turned to exercise regimes again and I have spent a little time reading and discussing the subject. ...
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The 2009 Annual Evidence Update on Proteinuria and estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate provides an update on the evidence presented during last year's Knowledge Week. The mos ...
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Milan 21 May 2009 : Red smoke rises above the Duomo, John Feehally elected President of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). Congratulations John. The ISN is the gl ...
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The Specialised Renal Services (Adults) Definition has now been published. The Specialised Definition Set for childrens kidney services has recently been consulted on and is e ...
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Welcome to my first blog. I will be using this to keep a diary of events and update on projects, events and concerns. Sound House Media found me at Hope Hospital last week. y ...
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You probably heard Liam Donaldson on Radio 4 or read about his comments on the waiting game. It's a good title for a chapter on organ transplantation. Clearly it is not just a ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure
The second Renal Services National Service Framework (NSF) progress report was launched on 18 May by Rosie Winterton, Minister of State, at the newly opened Department of Rena ...
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Q: My name is Cathy Johnson, Anaemia pre dialysis coordinator at Derby Hospital & President of ANSA. All stakeholders at the recent dialysis summit would, I am sure, recog ...
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Historically, many centres have temporarily coped with capacity constraints by starting patients new to haemodialysis on twice weekly regimes or even reducing those with some ...
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Q: The right to choose (130707)As a kidney patient, I am concerned about my right to choose. I understand that it should be my choice what type of dialysis I receive, where I ...
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