Kidney Thinking. The blog from Think Kidneys

Richard Fluck with the Think Kidneys celebration cake. Think Kidneys held a closing event in February, to mark the end of the three year programme. You can read more about the day here.

Inception – Raising AKI Awareness Campaign The second in a series of blogs from Wendy Oakes, AKI Specialist Nurse Part 2? Yes, because this is a reflective blog so let’s start at the beginning – March 2016.   Here I am, AKI specialist nurse, I feel a little uncomfortable and it’s not just because of the crisp new uniform but more down to using my job title…

Wow, what a week!  I’m feeling very proud, slightly manic and if I’m honest, a little bit emotional. Just a few weeks ago, I presented an update to the head of nursing, matrons and ward managers in the Medicine Business Group outlining our ‘Raising AKI Awareness’ campaign progress and specifically, the exciting IT developments.  As usual, I ended my presentation with a ‘What’s Next?’ slide, one…

by Charlie Tomson, Consultant Nephrologist and Co-Chair of the Intervention workstream What am I doing leading the Intervention workstream of the Think Kidneys Acute Kidney Injury programme? Good question. It’s certainly not because I have special expertise or research experience in the finer points of AKI pathophysiology or management.  What little original research I’ve done has been more focused on avoiding late referrals in CKD. However,…

Karen Thomas, UKRR Programmes Manager Three years ago this week, I started my role with the UKRR to manage the AKI National Programme.  Little did I know that three years on we would have achieved far greater success than I could ever have imagined.  2016 has been the year that all the hard work of the Think Kidneys team has come together and we have experienced…