Provisional program for the upcoming #VASBI2023 ASM in September, 28th and 29th 2023, Birmingham UK. Please come join us! Early bird rates still open… vasbi.org.uk

The The UK Kidney Association Association guideline on #vascularaccess turns the focus on patients' perspectives and what they want from their #dialysis experience. Katie Fielding (RN) (Derby, UK) and Damien Ashby (London, UK) from the writing team discuss the process. renalinterventions.net/new-ukka-guide…

The end of an era today - the final #MAGIC Scotland meeting. Thanks to everyone and especially Margaret aitken Katie Fielding (RN) for amazing leadership throughout. Huge #qualityimprovement stimulated and driven by this work!! SRA The UK Kidney Association VASBI VascularAccess Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership

Please listen to & share the new ep of #diaryofakidneywarriorpodcast “Needling for Beginners part 2: Dan’s Kidney Warrior Story ”available today at 12pm on: affinityxtra.com #CKD # #kidneydisease #renal  Affinity Xtra

Katie Fielding (RN) 🚨New podcast out now!🚨 Dan Waters joins Dee Moore to share his inspirational Kidney Warrior Story with a special focus on needling for #haemodialysis out now on: kidneycareuk.org/about-kidney-h… #nephtwitter #dialysis #CKD #kidneydisease Kidney Care UK

What a wonderful second half of the day for @AdvPracWM with a real research focus From Andy Adams talking about NHS England enhance programme Katie Fielding (RN) developing a clinical academic career University of Derby Chris Inman BCU AdvancedPractice critiquing evidence

Just because something is medically possible doesn’t mean it should be done. My column on why womb transplants cross an ethical boundary. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Excited to share our new article on the perspectives of nurses about point-of-care ultrasound for assessment and cannulation in haemodialysis! Dr Alison Hutchinson Judy Currey Paul Bennett DeakinQPS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Calling all partners and #carers of people with #kidneydisease #CKD: We want you to help shape and guide research.

REGULAR analgesia (do patients with cognitive impairment understand what PRN is?) and laxatives are key in the management of vertebral and pelvic fractures #BGSconf #orthogeriatrics

🚨New Podcast Episode🚨 Listen to snippets from interviews with health professionals who provide invaluable advice & uplifting words to help navigate kidney disease. kidneycareuk.org/about-kidney-h… #kidneywarrior #ckd #kidneydisease Kidney Care UK #NephTwitter

"We all had different experiences of #COVID19. Many of them traumatic. We can only learn from them if we choose to remember." Read BGS President Adam Gordon MBE's blog discussing Dr Rachel Clarke's #BREATHTAKING and Marie Curie's #DayOfReflection. bgs.org.uk/blog/covid-19-…

When I joined North Bristol NHS Trust in February 2022, the single biggest piece of feedback from our direct care nurses was their dislike of being redeployed - as a direct care nurse I remember how much I loathed being moved. So, together we made a commitment to reduce the number of

Research led by nurses and the contributions they make as part of multidisciplinary research teams can drive change. The new self-assessment organisational readiness tool (SORT) is a guide to improve nursing research capacity in health and care: england.nhs.uk/publication/se… #teamCNO

🔉Calling all Nurse & AHP colleagues ➡️Do U work with older adults ➡️ R U passionate about improving care ➡️ You don't want to miss this session ⬇️ Join us for the Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Spring Meeting British Geriatrics Society in Edinburgh April 26th & hear from the Amazing Frailty Team in Fife #NurseAhp

It’s MS Awareness Week. My husband Tim has always been outspoken about his MS. We watched the London marathon on TV yesterday. The days of us running to raise money for the MS Trust are in the past. I’m so proud of Tim for always focusing on what he can do, not what he has lost.

This is going to shape how The UK Kidney Association produces guidelines on best practice for people with kidney disease. Proud of this one 👍🏻 Andrew Frankel Joe Chilcot Katie Fielding (RN) and others BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/6/e…

Delighted to work with Helen Noble and our wonderful authors to see our Renal Nursing textbook (6th ed.) in print! So many thanks to Dr Claire Carswell Fiona Loud 💙 Cate Mimi Katie Fielding (RN) and others for their fantastic contributions, and to Karen for the Foreword

“This is exactly the kind of vapid doublespeak that rots the NHS from the inside out.” My piece on the anonymous NHS ‘senior sources’ briefing the BBC that Wes Streeting MP shouldn’t be honest about the crisis in the NHS. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

After 24 years, I worked my final shift at Derby Hospitals, at least for now. I'm excited about my new role, but it's been emotional to say goodbye to so many great colleagues and friends. Thank you UHDB ACPs and so many others for all your support - it's been a blast!