Kidney Dietitians Week 2025
KDSG AGM Kidney Kitchen Update Plant-based the fore and against debate
Monday 6 October
Speakers
- Angeline Taylor - has been a registered dietitian for 17 years, with 14 years’ experience specialising in kidney care. She is passionate about supporting people with kidney conditions to live healthier lives through diet and lifestyle. She currently works as Lead Renal Dietitian in the NHS, is Chair of the British Dietetic Association’s Kidney Dietitians Specialist Group, and leads on renal dietetic content for Kidney Care UK’s Kidney Kitchen. Angeline also sits on the UK Kidney Association Sustainability Committee and is a member of the UKKA–Kidney Care UK Joint Committee for Patient Information. Her clinical role spans all stages of kidney disease, from early CKD through to dialysis, transplantation, and acute illness on a busy NHS ward. - View slides
- Deepa Kariyawasam - is a specialist renal dietitian at King's College Hospital where she sees a mix of in and outpatients across various modalities. Deepa is part of the group who produced the award winning BDA RNG multi-cultural potassium dietary resources and webinars and presents on haemodialysis and nutrition at the BDA RNG post registration renal nutrition course. Deepa was also on the recent NICE guideline committee developing the CKD guideline in 2021.
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Navigating Post Transplant Diabetes (PTDM): Clinical Insights, MDT Collaboration and Case Study
Tuesday 7 October
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Speakers
- Amita Godse - Specialist Renal Dietitian with special interest in diabetes, Freeman Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne and Dietitian for Kidney Kitchen -Kidney Care UK . View slides
- Jo Reed - Jo works currently a Renal/ Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist and works at Imperial NHS Trust within the Imperial College Renal Transplant Centre at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. This role encompasses both inpatient and outpatient responsibilities and predominantly focuses on renal transplantation and dialysis diabetes services. The role is very clinically based but she is also involved in a number of diabetes and renal national initiatives and teaches in a variety of settings both locally and nationally.- View slides
CKD-MBD in the 2020s: From Pathophysiology to Practice
Wednesday 8 October
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Speakers
- Nicki Ruddock - Renal dietitian since 1994 and currently working as an ACP dietitian at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Special interest in CKD-MBD and have taught on the post registration renal course for many years on this topic. Qualified as a supplementary prescriber in 2018 and hold the position of research officer on the BDA Prescribers subgroup. Part of a national group working to gain independent prescribing rights for dietitians. Recently completed Professional Doctorate research on the person-centredness of dietitian prescribing for those with CKD. Ibex award winner 2024. View slides
- Sharon Huish – Sharon is an advanced practice dietitian and the service lead for the kidney dietetic service at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. She specialises in Chronic Kidney Disease related Mineral Bone Disorders (CKD-MBD); her PhD research investigated vitamin D metabolism in haemodialysis patients and her current research is exploring patient experiences of calciphylaxis. Sharon chairs the UK CKD-MBD Clinical Study Group and co-leads the rare disease group for calciphylaxis. Passionate about evidencing the value of dietetic prescribing and promoting research roles for dietitians; she is a committee member of British Dietetic Association (BDA) dietitian prescriber subgroup and supports research activity for the BDA Kidney Dietitian Specialist Group. View slides
GLP-1s: what they do, how they work, risks/benefits, and MDT dietetic management
Thursday 9 October
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Speakers
- Jackie Gandy - I have been working as a kidney dietitian at the Royal Free since 2010 and have experience across all modalities and stages of chronic kidney disease. For the past year, my focus has been on early-stage CKD in community led clinics, where the focus is preventing disease progression. The other part of my role and passion is addressing obesity in CKD. In conjunction with the MDT, I run a weight management programme with GLP-1 agonist to help reduce patients living obesity lose weight to enable transplant listing. View slides
- Denise Cunningham - Denise is a specialist renal pharmacist with over 8 years of renal experience. She is responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, patient-centred clinical pharmacy service to all renal patients at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Her major areas of interest are transplantation and auto-immune renal disease, she is a qualified non-medical prescriber running weekly acute and chronic transplant clinics. She is an active member of the Renal Pharmacy Group and has been involved in the development of national and local guidelines. She has keen interest in research and has been instrumental in setting up novel pharmacy led clinics, including a recurrent UTI vaccine clinic and a Pre-transplant weight loss clinic. View slides
- Michelle Chody - I am a physiotherapist with a passion for everything related to exercise! I have spent the last few years working in Oncology with only a recent move into the Renal World with a chance to work with a cohort of patients that have many barriers to being more active. I believe everyone should be given the knowledge, opportunity and support in both the benefits of exercise and how to embed this into their lives especially when living with a long-term condition. The benefits are endless and I dream of the day when all patients are 'prescribed' exercise as part of their personalised management plan! People living with obesity are complex and are faced with many challenges; all requiring a specialist multi-disciplinary approach - something I am proud and fortunate to be a part of! My aim is that we can all learn together and support each other in ensuring we are enabling people living with long-term conditions to be more independent, physically active and have a meaningful quality of life. View slides
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AI in healthcare and dietetics: how to embrace and use AI to support dietetic practice
Friday 10 October
Speakers
- Lina Johansson - Lina is co-lead for clinical academic AHPs at Imperial. Lina has been a renal dietitian for over 20 years combining research and clinical work as well as co-founder of a kidney nutrition business. View slides
- Nevine - previously worked at Imperial for 15 years. She is co-founder of a kidney nutrition business and also works as an online business manager supporting other dietitians, where she regularly uses AI to support clients.