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MAGIC Staff Education Materials webinar

Added: 25/04/2019
Blog

Katie Fielding, project lead, held a webinar with the QI Leads sharing the staff education tools from the BRS Cannulation Recommendations and the e-learning modules developed by the MAGIC steering group. MAGIC presentation Pre-Needling Assessment AVF Cannulation Decision Making Model Area Puncture Action Chart The regional programme manager will be supporting the units to implement these tools/ webinar in their units. A follow up conference call…

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QI Training Day One

Added: 15/03/2019
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The unit QI leads and their project teams were invited to attend a day where they would receive more information about their chosen national project, gain new/ build on existing QI skills, and apply these skills to their project. Agenda Presentations Feedback Photos

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Spring newsletter – available now

Added: 14/03/2019
News

Today is World Kidney Day! We thought this was a good time to release the Spring edition of the newsletter from the Renal Association’s quality improvement team and remind everyone, everywhere to Think Kidneys.  Included in this issue – more information about World Kidney Day, a new strategic direction from the Renal Association’s President, Graham Lipkin, growing leadership skills across the multi-professional workforce with KQuIP, and…

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Think Kidney’s team member receives award for championing change

Added: 13/03/2019
News

And the winner of the Individual Fab Change Champion Award 2018 is Leeanne Lockley! These words resound in my head every day; never in my wildest dreams would I envisage winning a ‘Fab Award’ presented by NHS England CEO Simon Stevens!   But what does this mean? These awards are hosted by the Academy of Fab Stuff. A social movement platform that allows everyone who has made…

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Samantha, a supporter of DAYLife and home therapies

Added: 28/02/2019
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Samantha has been a dialysis patient for 15 years – half of her life – and with two failed transplants behind her, she’s been on home haemodialysis for the last five years. She’s a fan. Samantha’s renal failure at the age of 16 was of unknown origin. CAPD was selected as the best treatment option for her in an attempt to help her maintain as normal…

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