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Bedtime reading: NHS 2010-2015: from good to great - gives a plug to home dialysis by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Health, launched this 5 year plan which maps out the journey of improvement that's going to be required to make the step change from good ... Read on »

Bedtime reading: drug safety update Ciclosporin by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Ciclosporin must be prescribed and dispensed by brand name. The medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency issued a drug safety update at the beginning of December e ... Read on »

MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infections by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure The Health Protection Agency is now publishing quarterly analyses on MRSA and Clostridium difficile rates. These make interesting reading. There has been good progress in re ... Read on »

Peer Review in the West Midlands by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure Steve Smith, Clinical Lead for the West Midlands Renal Network, has been an advocate of peer review for many years so it was no surprise when I visited the Network recently th ... Read on »

Bedtime reading: supported staff makes for better patient experience by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 specialis ... Read on »

Morris the Oracle by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »

PD specification launched by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

Acute Kidney Injury - on the agenda by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »

Vascular & kidney disease briefing pack: get your slides here by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »

Q & A: Haemodialysis nurses and work permits by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »

Q & A: Screening for MRSA carriage in day case attenders for intravenous iron by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

Bedtime reading: Tackling health inequalities: 10 years on by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

Acute Kidney Injury, hyperkalaemia and the safe use of insulin by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »

Renal NSF Update May 2007 by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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 ... Read on »

Exercise training in chronic kidney disease by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

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. ... Read on »

Bedtime reading: annual evidence on proteinuria and eGFR (NHS evidence - kidney disease) by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

Red smoke in Milano - Congratulations John by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

Bedtime reading: Specialised Services National Definition Set (3rd edition 2009) by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

Welcome to my first blog! by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

CMO focusses on the Kidney by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Kidney Failure 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 ... Read on »

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