Free to attend
Learning outcomes
- To present findings of BPSU study
- To compare clinical characteristics of children receiving conservative kidney care with those on starting long-term kidney replacement therapy in the UK
- To discuss the study in the context of existing literature and how this study may influence future guidelines and research
Benefits for attendees
- Increased understanding of kidney registry data collection processes in UK
- Increased understanding of conservative kidney care in UK and existing literature in this area.
- Opportunity to discuss experience of carrying out BPSU study.
Speaker
Dr Lucy Plumb
Dr Lucy Plumb is a Consultant Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol and honorary Paediatric Nephrologist at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. She is the Paediatric Research Lead at the UK Renal Registry and Data lead for the LifeArc-Kidney Research UK Centre for rare kidney disease. Her research uses epidemiological and mixed methods to identify children and young people at risk of kidney disease and progression to kidney failure, investigate inequalities in access to kidney care and evaluate long-term outcomes
Target audience
• Consultant paediatricians
• Paediatric trainees
• Resident doctors
• SAS doctors
• Locally Employed doctors
It is also suitable for an international audience, with caveats on data (which is UK & Ireland) and treatment approaches which will be most relevant to the UK context.
For more information
Please contact the RCPCH Learning team by email: rcpchlearning@rcpch.ac.uk