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KQuIP has a strong mandate to support you to improve kidney care with patients.

Dr Graham Lipkin, Co-Chair of KQuIP, Clinical vice President of the Renal Association. 26/6/16 KQuIP has a strong mandate to support you to improve kidney care with patients. KQuIP is driven from within our community, will not replace existing networks and will be constant without repeated changes typical of NHS structures. The renal community is recognised for innovation in healthcare delivery: look at the Renal Registry,…

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The Big Button

The KQuIP website has a big button on every page that enables you to sign up to receive regular updates on KQuIP activities. You can opt to be sent a bi-monthly email direct to your inbox, or get involved in the conversation and discussion on our forum. We’d love you to join us and be part of our growing network. We plan to make the website…

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Designing KQuIP and its Work

One day in May over 100 of us with an interest in kidney quality improvement, got together to map out the way forward for KQuIP and agree what it is going to do over the next weeks and months. We discussed the environment for improvement, involvement, priorities, challenges, and what the six KQuIP workstreams will focus on. It was a lively day with significant agreement about…

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Why KQuIP, why now?

Richard Fluck, KQuIP programme board member, co-chair of the KQuIP Leadership Workstream, until recently NHS England NCD for Renal, and consultant nephrologist answers our questions. “KQuIP has been established at a time when the NHS is facing a significant challenge around the value and affordability of care. KQuIP offers a solution to improving value and quality both to individuals but also the system of the NHS…

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KQuIP – what you need to know

KQuIP has created a new leaflet to explain what KQuIP is, what it plans to do, who is involved and how KQuIP can help you in your work. You can view the leaflet at www.thinkkidneys.nhs.uk/KQuIP/resources and if you would like some hard copies, drop us an email and we’ll post them out to you. Email us at KQuIP@renalregistry.nhs.uk  

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