NKF Webinar series

Our webinar series...

On Wednesday 3rd June 2026 at 5pm - Caring for Your Dialysis Access Line While Going About Your Day-to-Day Life
Living with dialysis can bring new routines and challenges—especially when it comes to looking after your dialysis access line. This practical and supportive webinar is designed to help you feel more confident managing your line while continuing with your day-to-day activities.

We’ll cover essential tips on keeping your dialysis access line clean and safe, reducing the risk of infection, and handling everyday situations such as washing, dressing, travelling and staying active. You’ll also hear helpful advice from healthcare professionals and insights from patients who are successfully managing their dialysis alongside daily life. 

Josie Carter, a Renal Home Therapies Manager at Basildon & Thurrock Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will be joining us, Josie brings with her more than 15 years of experience in renal nursing and a huge amount of insight arcross both centre-based and home dialysis.

Whether you’re new to dialysis or have been managing it for some time, this session will provide reassurance, practical guidance and the opportunity to learn how others are maintaining their independence.

Join us to gain confidence, ask questions, and take control of your care.

Upcoming webinar - Memory Loss and Foggy Heads with CKD
Wednesday 8th July, 5pm via Zoom



Our next webinar is on Wednesday 8th July at 5pm called Memory Loss and Foggy Heads with CKD, presented by Dr Veena Reddy, Consultant Nephrologist at Sheffield Kidney Unit, we will be looking at the effects of dialysis and kidney disease in general on memory loss and foggy heads - you are not alone; it is common among patients, and we will explore this in more detail. 

To register your free place, fill in the form below.

Joanne Casey (Podiatrist, Senior Research Assistant) and Dr. Ljubisa Paden (Nurse, Senior Lecturer),  discuss the importance of maintaining good foot health for individuals living with kidney disease.

The session covered:

Essential topics such as proper foot hygiene, care and management. Additionally, it emphasised how patients can support healthcare professionals in delivering best practice pathways, providing patient education, encouraging shared decision making, and offering personalised care. 

The National Kidney Federation was pleased to host a Living Well with IgA Nephropathy Patient Webinar, initiated and funded by CSL Vifor with input from people living with and treating IgA nephropathy.

The session covered:

• Understanding IgA nephropathy - who it affects, symptoms people might experience, and the practicalities of managing the condition day-to-day following a diagnosis.
• A spotlight on the mental health challenges people might face, and advice and tools for coping with these.
• Patient and caregiver perspectives and tips for living well with IgA nephropathy.

Speakers included:

• Dr. Lisa Willcocks, Consultant Nephrologist at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Jude Allen, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
• Dr. Jessica Dean, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Renal Services at Salford Royal Hospital.
• Patient representatives.

The webinar will be chaired by the NKF’s Head of Marketing & Fundraising Pete Revell.

This webinar has been initiated and funded by CSL Vifor with input from the National Kidney Federation and people living with and treating IgA nephropathy. It is part of the Navigate Your Numbers in IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) disease awareness campaign.

UK-NP-2600007 January 2026

The NKF and NHS Blood and Transplant ( NHSBT) held a webinar on progress in using more potential organs for transplantation in the UK and reduce the variations among transplant centres. The webinar covered the following:

• Rates of organ utilisation among transplant centres
• What we are doing to increase organ utilisation rates
• What information would be helpful for kidney patients on organ utilisation.

The main speakers at the Webinar was: Dhiru Galani, Prof John  Forsythe, OBE, Senior Clinical Co-Chair ( ISOU), DHSC and Prof Derek Manas, Medical Director, Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation ( OTDT), NHSBT.

The webinar was chaired by Anthony Clarkson, Director OTDT, NHSBT and Kirit Modi, MBE, Hon President, NKF.  

Due to technical problems, we do not have a recording of the webinar, you can view Prof Derek Mannas, Prof John Forsythe OBE and Anthony Clarkson's presentations here  

View Prof Derek Mannas Presentation

View Prof John Forsythe OBE Presentation

Summary of ODJWG Report Presentation

Healthy Eating with Diabetes & Kidney Disease - Click below to watch this

This webinar was hosted by Yuko Ishida BSc (Hons) MSc RD Specialist Diabetes Dietitian Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS, Yuko is also the Creator of renal dietary videos that help patients with their diets and what foods are good and bad to eat. Yuko was joined by Hattie Stiff, NKF Ambassador who discussed her experience with a renal diet.  This webinar focuses on both diabetic and kidney patients, aiming to help them better understand the diet that is best for managing their conditions. 
You can watch the webinar below..

COVID-19 & Kidney Disease - Click below to watch this

COVID-19 & Kidney Disease - What You Need to Know 5 Years Later

Dr. Hellena Habte-Asres Lead Clinical Academic Research Nurse in Diabetes & Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and a guest patient speaker will present on the impact of COVID-19 on people with CKD, what we know now and how to live well with CKD in the post-pandemic world. 

This webinar is sponsored and fully funded by Pfizer Limited. Pfizer will review the content to ensure compliance
PP-UNP-GBR-12837 | August 2025
 

Travel & Dialysis Webinar - Click below to watch this

Explores a new, empowering way to book holiday dialysis treatments with confidence and ease, in just 3 simple steps.

Evgenia Kafousi, Operations Director at Bookdialysis, walks us through this innovative platform — a comprehensive and easy-to-use tool that gives dialysis travellers the freedom to schedule treatments in more than 850 destinations around the world.

During the session, we dived into how Bookdialysis is simplifying travel planning for people on dialysis, offering not only a reliable booking process but also peace of mind. Gain valuable insights and tips on how to make the most out of your travels, exploring the world safely and without limits.

Aging Well with Kidney Disease - Click below to watch this

On Wednesday, 7th May, Dr Andy Nixon, Consultant Nephrologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and Honorary Lecturer & Academic Advisor, joined us for our webinar on Ageing Well with Kidney Disease. This webinar covered various topics about how kidney patients can ensure they are educated in ageing well, including: frailty, home exercise, and much more.

Navigating Menopause - Click below to watch this

On Wednesday, 19th March 2025, at 5 PM, Dominica McAndrew (MSc, AFHEA, RGN, NMP) hosted an insightful webinar on navigating menopause. The session covered its phases, symptoms, lifestyle strategies, treatment options, and long-term health considerations—empowering attendees with knowledge while encouraging personalised medical advice from their healthcare team.

Itching with Kidney Disease - Click below to watch this

Our 'Itching with Kidney Disease' webinar in January 2025 with Dr Jacqueline Nevols BSc (Hons) BM MRCP MSc, Consultant Nephrologist, Clinical Lead for Renal Supportive Care.

What causes it, what strategies patients can adopt to help their symptoms at home, and discuss the various treatment options available from the clinic.

Fatigue with Kidney Disease - Click below to watch this

Our Fatigue webinar was presented by Lisa Ancliffe, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, Renal and Urology Therapy Team at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Vice President of The UK Kidney Association. Lisa was also joined by Elyssa Grief, Senior Occupational Therapist Royal Free London and patient speaker Emma Ball. Together they discussed:

• The lived experience of fatigue and kidney disease
• What is fatigue?
• Impacts and causes of fatigue
• Fatigue management strategies

Download the Fatigue Diary here

Watch the webinar here: 

Sexual Relationships in Kidney Failure - Click below to watch this 

This webinar focuses on Sexual Relationships in Kidney Failure with Dr. Nadia Sarween - Renal Medicine Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham. This webinar covers essential topics such as fertility in CKD, the effect of CKD on libido, contraception and pre-pregnancy considerations in CKD. The recording is age-restricted at age 18+ to watch the video below please click ‘Watch on YouTube’. 

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Footcare with Kidney Disease - Click below to watch this 

Our webinar took place on June 19th at 5 PM featured Joanne Casey (Podiatrist, Senior Research Assistant) and Dr. Ljubisa Paden (Nurse, Senior Lecturer) discussing the importance of maintaining good foot health for individuals living with kidney disease.

The webinar covered essential topics such as proper foot hygiene, care and management. Additionally, it emphasised how patients can support healthcare professionals in delivering best practice pathways, providing patient education, encouraging shared decision making, and offering personalised care. Participants also learned where to seek help and advice.

Watch the webinar here:

Medicines delivery service, how can it benefit and support you as a patient living with kidney disease - Click below to watch this

Our webinar took place on April 16th with the UK’s biggest homecare medicines delivery provider. Homecare can be described as a service that delivers ongoing medicine supplies and associated care, initiated by your hospital, directly to your home. The purpose of the homecare medicines service is to improve patient care and the choice of clinical treatment.

Homecare services are provided to over 250,000 patients in the UK representing £1.5 billion of the £4 billion spent on hospital medicines.

It was an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about these homecare services.

You can watch the webinar below:

Skincare - Click below to watch this 

This webinar took place on Wednesday, April 26th, this was a joint webinar with PKD charity. The webinar covered all aspects of looking after your skin.

Matching for Transplant - Click below to watch this 

This webinar took place on Tuesday 12th September, this time we teamed up with PKD charity, the speaker was Dr Judith Worthington - Principal Clinical Scientist.

How can a Kidney Patient Association (KPA) support you - Click below to watch this 

This webinar took place on Wednesday, August 30th The webinar explained what local Kidney Patient Associations do, including helping one another, holding social events, getting closer links with your local hospital or how you can give something back.

The presenters were David Coyle, NKF Chairman and Manchester Royal Infirmary KPA Officer, Fiona Broomhead, NKF Fundraising and Office Administrator, Lupinta Molina, Kent KPA’s NKF Representative and Sharon Orpen, Dudley KPA, KPA officer.

If you did miss the webinar you can watch it by clicking the YouTube link below.