UK National Kidney Federation - Conference 2002 home page

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO FRESENIUS FOR SUPPORTING THE NKF

The leader of the Fresenius team, Helen Thaw, with NKF chairman Gordon Nicholas. It is their support of the Conference that has helped to make Fresenius a household name amongst kidney patients.

NKF Annual Patients' Conference 2002, Dialysis and beyond - the Patients' View

More than 400 people attended the conference whose theme was Dialysis and Beyond ... The Patients' View. For the first time patients had been asked to give their views on what the speakers said.

Chairman, Gordon Nicholas, welcomed the delegates and asked for a short silence for kidney patients who were no longer with us and also for the victims of the Bali disaster.

Conference 2002 - Speeches Index

For each of the Speeches (and Question Time) there is a Summary Page (as appeared in the Spring 2003 edition of Kidney Life - the NKF Magazine) and a Detailed (or Full Transcript) Page. Some of the latter have photos/diagrams as shown at the Conference.

Summary Detailed	Terry Feest - Daily Haemodialysis Director of the Richard Bright Renal Unit in Bristol, Chairman of the UK Renal Registry, Member of the External Reference Group for the renal National Service Framework, Member of the Appraisals Board of NICE, Clinical advisor to the NKF.
Summary Detailed (with Photos)	Maggi Steele - Hidden Benefits? A new access for peritoneal dialsis Research Sister, Renal Unit, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton Surrey. EDTNA representative on the British Renal Society.
Summary Detailed	Polly Moseley - First patient view Patient
Summary Detailed (with Diagrams)	Sue Falvey - UK Transplant update Director of Donor Care and Co-ordination at UK Transplant
Summary Detailed	Lilian Cerosoli - Second patient view Patient
Summary Detailed (with Photos)	Tony Chu - Prevention and management of skin problems Head of the Section of Dermatology at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at the Hammersmith Hospital and Ealijng Hospital
Summary Detailed	Simon Lloyd - Third patient view Patient
Summary Detailed	Jane Atha - Who cares? Social worker, Renal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough
Summary Detailed	Helen Lewis - Fourth patient view Carer
Summary Detailed	Tim Statham - Your NKF; does it do what you want? Chief Executive of the NKF
Summary Detailed	Question Time (Morning and afternoon sessions)
Summary (only)	Council Meeting

The National Kidney Federation cannot accept responsibility for information provided. The above is for guidance only. Patients are advised to seek further information from their own doctor.

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