Leadership Forums

Leadership Forums

Monthly learning and sharing

The LKN Leadership Forum runs monthly, and intends to provide a space to share practice, learn from each other, and to share examples of how to embed improvements in day-to-day practice.  

The LKN forum had remarkable contributions throughout the year from a wide variety of presenter on topics directly related to the LKN’s priority Workstreams. The Leadership Forum Program and structure were reviewed and formalised from January 2023. 

Attendees

Vascular Access; 23 January 2023

  • LKN VA data pack quarterly collected, Peter Wilson – LKN BIM
  • Implementation of VA pathway at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Natasha Shenton Deputy General Manager Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Dialysis Access – Barts Pilot EPR based pathway, Ben Lindsey – LKN VA chair

“from a practical perspective I welcome the idea of the EPR pw, from a referral point making it so much easier and succinct to the end point you can exactly what specific stage is still outstanding, and I truly welcome the day where we can adopt this across all vascular access nursing. It will our life so much easier.” Nurse

Attendees

Home therapies – Peritoneal Dialysis; 27 February 2023

  • Reimbursement of utility costs for patients dialysing at home, Richard Corbett – LKN D@H chair
  • Improving access to Peritoneal Dialysis, Bhrigu Sood – LKN PD
  • Multidisciplinary engagement in the home therapies, Katie Durman – LKN MDT Lead and Babakang Shakoane PD Community senior sister KCH

“Really excellent work going on in this space and great discussion today. Thank you.” “We’ve made fantastic progress with colleagues collaborating across London, and we’ve seen there is much work to do and we’ve probably sufficient content, expertise and knowledge to translate it into our units.” Audience

Attendees

Universal Care Plan; 27 March 2023

  • Overview of UCP  
  • History  
  • Current Use 
  • Future Plans  
  • System Integration , Lucy Coller, Nick Tigere UCP NHS South West London ICB and Katherine Buxton – UCP, Consultant Palliative Care Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  • London Kidney Network (LKN) plans for UCP , Heather Brown – LKN SC chair

“At the RFL we’re using UCP for conservative care patients already – noting the down the decision not to dialyse. CKD2/3 are mostly not managed by specialists but by GPs and end of life care which is specifically renal would be stage 4/5 patients who have opted not to have dialysis.” 

“Amazing work! Look forward to hearing more about how we can ensure this is equitably available and used.” “Excellent work and discussion!” Audience