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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
Level 04 Gledhow Wing |
The Paediatric Nephrology Department is based at St James's University Hospital. The unit was started by Prof Sir Roy Meadow who was soon joined by Dr Trevor Brocklebank. The first Haemodialysis session was undertaken in 1978, chronic peritoneal dialysis followed in 1980 with Renal transplantation starting in 1980. The Department started at the Seacroft Hospital moving to its current site in 1980. Currently there are 4 Consultant Paediatric Nephrologists serving a population of approximately 1 million children. The Department offers a full range of tertiary services to the population of Yorkshire and parts of the neighbouring counties.
| Contact Information: | |
| Telephone number: | 0113 2065201 |
| Holiday dialysis enquiries: | 0113 2065754(Sharon Walls) |
| Fax: | 0113 2066634 |
| Email Address: | eric.finlay@leedsth.nhs.uk |
| Trust website: | URL |
| Consultants: | |
Maggie Fitzpatrick |
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Sally Feather |
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Kay Tyerman |
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Eric Finlay |
| Dialysis Numbers: | ||
| Haemodialysis | 10 |
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| Peritoneal dialysis | 12 |
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| Capacity | 12 (5 haemodialysis stations) |
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| Outlying Clinics: | ||
| Airedale | 6/ year |
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| Bradford | 12/ year |
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| Dewsbury | 4/ year | |
| Halifax | 4/ year | |
| Huddersfield | 4/ year | |
| Hull | 8/year | |
| Special interest clinics: |
Vasculitis clinic |
Cystinosis clinic |
Reflux clinic |
Nephro-urology clinic |
Young Persons Clinic |
Genetic Clinic |
Renal Stone Clinic |
| Transplant Annual Review Clinic |
| Clinical Network: |
Yorkshire Paediatric Nephrology Interest Group |
Links with Mbara University of Science and Technology, Uganda |
Research and special expertise:
Dr Feather has an interest in the Genetics of Renal tract malformation, she is co-applicant on a MRC grant lead by Prof Cordell(Newcastle) to fund genome wide analysis of VUR sibling pairs initially funded by the Wellcome trust. She also has a KRUK grant with Prof Southgate to look at the role of Uroplakins in renal tract malformations. Dr Feather is a co-applicant on a Wellcome grant to study OFD type 1. Locally Dr Feather was awarded a grant from the Challenge fund to create a Research nurse post to create a Genetic Database of Renal Tract Malformations for West Yorkshire
We are actively recruiting to both the TWIST and the Long-term tapering or standard steroids for nephrotic syndrome trials.
The prospective cohort longitudinal study to investigate patterns of adherence in children undergoing dialysis and the qualitative study of children and parents' perceptions of self-management of treatment with RRT in those undergoing RRT have both recruited in Leeds.
Through our Psychologist we are undertaking a qualitative bi-directional prospective study of factors influencing decision making in Staff and parents/patients delivery of care.