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NATIONAL EVENTS 2007

Briefing session at the House of Lords

A briefing session was held on the morning of March the 8th, at the House of Lords.

This event was hosted by Nick Owen of BBC News and had speakers including:

  • Dr Donal O'Donoghue - the new National Clinical Director of Renal Health;
  • Dr Azhar Farooqi OBE - a GP in Leicester with a wealth of experience in community awareness projects;
  • Nicola Thomas - Renal specialist nurse and senior lecturer, Institute of Health Sciences, City University, London
  • Dr Kevin Harris - a Clinical Director for Renal Services and Urology and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  • Dr Simon de Lusignan - a GP and a course director of Biomedical Informatics at St George's Hospital School.
  • Dr Steve Smith - a Clinical Director of Renal Services at Birmingham Heartlands Hospita
  • Government and Patient representatives.

A wide range of interests and stakeholder groups have been encouraged to attend, including Commissioners of Renal Services, Renal Physicians, Medical/Clinical Directors, GPs, Work Force Planners, Renal Nurses and MPs.

The session covered a variety of topics relating to:

For agenda, speakers’ information and further details please click here

To see WKD presentation please click here