| | | | Dear Colleagues, Welcome to August's edition of eNews. This month we are inviting expressions of interest for Chair of the new Terminology Committee. The Terminology Committee has been established by the Renal Association (RA) in collaboration with the Renal Information Exchange Group (RIXG) and its remit is to advise their parent bodies and through them, the UK Terminology Centre (UKTC) on all aspects of SNOMED CT codes relevant to all aspects of the practice of nephrology in the UK within the NHS. I would also like to draw your attention to the Renal Association's new incentive to support, and have input from, trainees who have committed to a career in nephrology, by offering 1 year's free membership to Clinical Trainee joining the Association in 2012. We ask that you please forward this offer to any colleagues or friends who you think might be interested. I am pleased to announce that registration for the Renal Association Conference, 12 - 14 June 2012 at The Sage Gateshead will open on Monday 3 October 2011 so please put this date in you diaries! Please read on for even more meetings and updates! Best wishes, Lorraine Harper
Honorary Secretary | | | |  Awards & Bursaries - Deadline Fast Approaching We would like to remind you that applications are currently being accepted for the AEG Raine Award, Walls Bursaries and the Lockwood Award. The deadline for all applications is 31st August 2011. More details | One Years' Free Membership for New Clinical Trainees The Renal Association is very keen to support, and have input from, trainees who have committed to a career in nephrology, and is therefore offering 1 year's free membership to Clinical Trainees joining the Association in 2012. This offer would apply for one calendar year, commencing 1st January 2012. Please forward this offer to any colleagues or friends who you think might be interested and ask that they contact renal@mci-group.com for more information. | Chair of Renal Association Terminology Committee Expressions of interest are sought for this post. The Chair will serve for an initial period of 3 years. The Terminology Committee has been established by the Renal Association (RA) in collaboration with the Renal Information Exchange Group (RIXG) and its remit is to advise their parent bodies and through them, the UK Terminology Centre (UKTC) on all aspects of SNOMED CT codes relevant to all aspects of the practice of nephrology in the UK within the NHS. Suitable applicants will have experience of renal computing and of the technical aspects of classification and coding kidney diseases. The formation of a Terminology Committee was approved by the Renal Association Executive Committee in June 2011. The constitution can be found on the Renal Association website. | | NSF Headlines August 2011: Working for better kidney care
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Please click here to view the latest updates from NHS Kidney Care. | | Renal Registry Annual Report The 2010 UK Renal Registry Annual Report, providing analyses on 2009 RRT data plus longitudinal studies and related topics, is now available on the Renal Registry website. | | Renal Scientist Newsletter Find out more about renal research at Imperial College London... Read more. | | Royal College of Physicians - Outpatient record standards project for the Department of Health
You may be aware of the project developing standards for outpatient notes and letters being led by the Health Informatics Unit of the Royal College of Physicians. This project follows that developing the standards for the admission, handover and discharge records of hospital in-patients. The RCP have requested your help with this project by completing an on-line questionnaire. Click here for more information | | Fellowships & Research Programmes | | New Joint Fellowship with ISN
The Renal Association has recently established a new joint fellowship with the ISN. Together with two existing joint fellowships offered by KRUK and ISN, there are now 3 annual fellowships available to enable suitably qualified overseas trainees to undertake a period of clinical and research training in UK renal units. This is often highly beneficial to both the home and host institutions since the fellow would be expected to return to their home institution following completion. Application deadlines are normally in June and December. Further details are available through the ISN website. | | Courses, Meetings & Events | | Workshop on Shared Decision Making Thursday November 3rd 2011, 13.00-17.00 at Royal College of Physicians, London. Two Members or Fellows are invited to attend this workshop at the College. There will be no charge for this workshop and 4 CPD points have been applied for. More information. | | 1st UK Symposium on Renal Denervation
The first UK meeting on Renal Denervation will be held on Wednesday 5th October 2011 at The Royal College of Physicians, London. This educational symposium is aimed at interventional cardiologists, interventional radiologists,
nephrologists and secondary care physicians with a special interest in hypertension. Click here for more information. | | 6th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiorenal Forum
This one day meeting will take place on Friday 7th October 2011 at the Royal Society in London and will highlight the important clinical overlap that exists between patients presenting with a primary cardiovascular or renal problem. Please click here for more information. | | 10th European Peritoneal Dialysis Meeting
The Renal Association, along with the BRS, are partnering the 2011 EuroPD Meeting taking place 21-24 October 2011 at the ICC, Birmingham. Please click here for more information and registration details. | | Joint Meeting of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and the Renal Association This one day meeting will be held on Thursday 23 February 2012 at the ICC, Birmingham and the focus will be Diabetes and Kidney Disease: Advances and Controversies. Registration will open in September 2011. Please click here for more details. | The Renal Association Conference 2012
We look forward to welcoming you to our 2012 annual meeting at the Sage, Gateshead on 12-14 June 2012. Registration goes live on 3 October 2011 so please put this date in your diaries! Read more | | Date For Your Diary
On 6th December 2012 there will be a one-day conference at the Royal College of Physicians London on conservative management of end-stage kidney disease, jointly organised by the Renal Association, Palliative Care and British Geriatrics Society. | | Courses, Meetings & Events
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