| | | Dear Colleagues, This month's joint conference in Birmingham was a great achievement. The programme was very well received and I would like to thank all those who were involved in the making of such a successful event. Your passion, ingenuity and hard work really made for a very successful meeting. I would also like to thank Patti Monkhouse and the BRS Secretariat Team for their superb organisation. So now we move on to 2012, when we will run a stand alone Renal Association Conference. The dates are confirmed as 11 - 14 June 2012, we will meet in Newcastle at The Sage Gateshead. Planning is already well underway, so please save these dates in your diary and make sure to check the website for updates! I would also like to highlight that submissions are open for the Raine Award, the Lockwood Award and Walls Bursaries - Deadline 31 August 2011. Yet again we have a bumper eNews edition this month - please read on and enjoy! Best wishes, Lorraine Harper
Honorary Secretary | | | | | Awards & Bursaries
The Renal Association make a number of awards & bursaries available each year. Applications are now being accepted for the AEG Raine Award, Walls Bursaries and the Lockwood Award. The deadline for all applications is 31st August 2011. More details | | Clinical Practice Guidelines
| | NSF Headlines June 2011: Working for better kidney care
| | Renal Scientist Newsletters
Read all about the Young Renal Scientist Award at this year's British Renal Society and Renal Association Conference in Birmingham - click here. | | Kidney Care Updates
Please click here to view the latest updates from NHS Kidney Care. | | IV Fluid Therapy Guideline Development Group Members Required
The National Clinical Guideline Centre (NCGC), hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, has been commissioned by NICE to develop a clinical guideline and Quality Standard on the management of IV fluid therapy. They are currently seeking to recruit a number of healthcare professionals for the guideline development group (GDG) and co-opted experts. For more information please click here. | Wendy Faulder Wendy Faulder, who works with renal outpatients at Canberra Hospital, has written a story based booklet to assist parents/grandparents with discussing oncoming treatments with their families. Please click here to read a sample of the booklet. If you are interested in purchasing a copy or have any questions please contact Wendy at wendy.faulder@act.gov.au. A small fee of $5 AUS + postage will be charged as a donation to the Canberra Renal Outpatients' Services in the ACT. | New educational portal (OLA: OnLine Academy) This is to announce the launch in June 2011 of a new educational portal (OLA: OnLine Academy) developed at the Global Kidney Academy (GKA) by Dr Arif Khwaja and Professor Meguid El Nahas. This educational website provides Nephrologists with a range of educational resources. Read more | | Fellowships & Research Programmes | | NHS Kidney Care Fellowships Junior doctors currently training in renal medicine are invited to apply for the NHS Kidney Care fellowship. This is an exciting opportunity for talented junior doctors to enhance their skills in healthcare management and leadership and develop knowledge and understanding around quality improvement in kidney care and renal policy. More information | | 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. | Bernd Teersteegen Award 2011 This annual award of 8000 Euro is awarded internationally for basic and particularly for clinical research related to chronic renal insufficiency and to advances in treatment of end stage renal disease. Submission deadline is Friday 15 July 2011. Click here for more information and for details of how to apply. | | Courses, Meetings & Events | | The Kidney Education Network 2nd Annual Meeting
The Renal/Kidney Education Network is a new group that has been set up to support the delivery of high quality education for patients with chronic kidney disease, and those caring for them. Their 2nd Annual Meeting will take place on Wednesday 6 July 2011. More details | | 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 11-14 June 2012. We will be joined by faculty from the Mayo clinic and I can guarantee an exciting programme that will appeal to anyone interested in the kidney, its diseases and their treatments. 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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