Our summer newsletter….. ✅Recruitment complete ⚡️Data queries live 💥Target: all AVF surgery by end July

Here is the VASBI programme for our annual meeting, next month 28th and 29th September - a great line up of speakers with great talks and round table discussions - hope to see you there - Birmingham, UK.

#ESRAworld2023 RA research where to? by Alan Macfarlane … come a long way, it takes aaaages 😫, costs a 💣, needs to be patient centered. Get involved! 👏🏻

It’s been a busy week for the study team. Updates to VASBI VascularAccess and NHS Research Scotland #anaesthesia #periop #vascularaccess

Happy New Year to all our ACCESS study friends and colleagues!

Read the SONAR Trial results in Kidney International Reports kireports.org/article/S2468-… Thank you to all the patients who took part and the clinical teams across the UK for collaborating on this research.

I was just reading about ACCESS study and today fortuitously got given this. Both got BP blocks. Both avoided GA (aim of the day). Both could go home. AVF happy for increased blood flow 🤸🏻‍♀️

Spring newsletter update on trial progress, update sessions and timeline for remainder of study: -3 month follow-up complete -Anticipated LPLV end July 2024 -Results before end of year

All sites and collaborators….join us online Thursday at 10am for catch-up and troubleshooting.

Lovely to catch up with some of the research teams online today. Avatar Lisa and I gave an update on study progress 😊

#WorldKidneyDay 2024’s theme is ‘Kidney health for all - advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice’, and NRS Renal Specialty is focusing efforts with research that will help shape treatment and care for people with kidney disease. 👉 nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/news/new-scott…

We are pleased to announce the topic for our 8th National Audit Project (NAP8) will be complications of regional anaesthesia (peripheral blocks and central neuraxial blockade) and other neurological complications of anaesthesia. ow.ly/mLpR50QWqiK

.Karen Stevenson outlines the treatment burden experienced by vascular access patients, and advocates the idea of 'minimally disruptive vascular access' - "maybe then, we can decrease the burden on our patients" #CX2024

Very productive meeting with data managers and stats team @UofGIHW this morning. Timelines for study close out: -LPLV nationally: 19th August -Data lock: 30th September Lots of work to do. But coming along nicely. Thanks to everyone involved. Excited to see results soon

Saturday morning chores - refreshing GCP….😀 Quick and easy to do (and free) at National Institute for Health and Care Research learn website ➡️learn.nihr.ac.uk Not long now until data lock for the ACCESS study and then the University of Glasgow statisticians can do their magic 🤞

Follow-up is complete! 👏🏻🎉 The final patient attended for their final visit yesterday. Congratulations everyone! Now one final push to data lock at the end of September

Still working towards data lock at end of September. Thanks to all sites for their help addressing remaining queries