Posts by Andy Nixon
As I was getting up to do my talk yesterday my Garmin said “you seem stressed- would you like to do a breathing exercise?”
Thanks hun, I know… then, rather than click cancel, I accidentally clicked “do breathing exercise”. Not now Garmin!
#KidneyWk
Looking forward to speaking this afternoon on the approach to hypertension treatment in older people living with frailty
Thank you @asnkidney.bsky.social for the invitation!
#KidneyWeek2025 #ASN #KidneyWk
Looking forward to speaking at the @nkf-uk.bsky.social webinar today, alongside our guest speakers!
Big thank you to all our fantastic speakers, Kidney Care Big Room team members and our Supportive Kidney Care Champions!
@lancshospitals.bsky.social
Our final speaker today is Sarah Waring, Community Palliative Care Specialist Nurse @StCatherinesPre, speaking about community palliative care
Kurian Kalapurakal, Advanced Specialist Frailty Practitioner, teaching about mobility (and assessing my fall risk!)
Next we have Alison McMichael, Clinical Lead OT, talking about cognitive assessment in people living with kidney disease
Dr Tom Rozwaha, Principal Clinical Psychologist, speaking about psychological support for anxiety and depression for people living with kidney disease
Kicking off the afternoon we have Judi Todd, Renal Supportive Care Nurse, delivering an interactive session about symptom screening using the IPOS-Renal
Emily Baldwin, Renal Specialist Dietitian, now speaking about Supportive Care in Renal Dietetics
Laura Cowell, Renal Social Worker, talking about Social Care & Supportive Kidney Care
Carmel Jones, Consultant Nurse, speaking about the importance of frailty assessment & management for kidney services
And we are off at our inaugural Supportive Kidney Care Study Day!
@lancshospitals.bsky.social
What an amazing day! Thank you for the support and donations to @kidneys4life ❤️
Here we go!
Ready & raring to go!
It is fantastic how far we have come as a kidney community - frailty, symptoms, communicating options and physical activity all featured at the excellent Transform AKC Summit today @ukkidney.org
"It’s not just about treatment, it’s about living well."
Thank you to the patients sharing what ideal advanced kidney care looks like during the 'People living with kidney disease – “a conversation”' Q&A panel at the Transform AKC Summit today in Birmingham. 🙌 @kidneycareuk.bsky.social