Author: julieslevin

NICE publish links to Think Kidneys resources to support their AKI quality standard

Added: 07/04/2017
News

Think Kidneys are delighted to announce that our resources to support the six statements of the NICE AKI quality standard have now published on the NICE website. Over the past three years, Think Kidneys has worked with many different individuals and groups including expert professionals and patients – on the development of clinical tools and resources that will change behaviour and improve patient care and safety….

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Think Kidneys AKI Programme Newsletter April 2017

Added: 06/04/2017
Newsletter

Not quite over and out… After more than three years, the national Think Kidneys Acute Kidney Injury programme, established to improve the care of people with, or at risk of AKI, has concluded its main body of work, formally closes at the end of March. Read the full newsletter here:  

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Thinking about Think Kidneys

Added: 03/04/2017
Blog

So, the formal programme is at an end. The national AKI programme has completed its project plan and it is always good to reflect on what went well and what could have been better. What are my highlights? Back in 2013, World Kidney Day focused on acute kidney injury. I think it is fair to say that at that time few people recognised the importance of…

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Reflections on the AKI Programme – A personal perspective

Added: 28/03/2017
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When the acute kidney injury (AKI) programme commenced in 2013 the primary objective was to deliver and implement a structure and tools within three years that would lead to a fall in the number of preventable episodes of AKI, and with that a reduction in associated deaths. My first reflection is over the means by which this ambition has been achieved. This has been mainly through:…

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The Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Story: Part 3

Added: 22/03/2017
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Collaboration, Lamination & Adaptation It had been a busy few weeks just finding my way around the hospital, visiting the wards, infiltrating various forums, when I suddenly had a thought… Where is our AKI care bundle? I had a vague recollection of seeing one when I first met Dr Karl Bonnici (Acute Medicine Consultant) at my pre-interview visit to Stockport.  When I asked him the next…

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