Ian Dittmer Action: The Chair to email units who haven’t provided their emergency management documents to remind them to provide these to Kay. 13. CKD National At the last meeting John Collins joined by telephone to seek support for the end stage renal disease risk Ian Dittmer Strategy calculator being incorporated into the BPAC tool. The model has now been validated and is an excellent discriminator of end stage renal disease. John Collins is looking at Southern data to identify any impact on changes of referrals. Dialysis 14. Holiday Dialysis ANZSN is looking at establishing a chapter on Holiday Dialysis. Only Brisbane hospitals are still charging Murray Leikis / people for holiday dialysis. Max Reid KHA is lobbying at the Australian Federal Government level for free holiday dialysis. KHNZ is surveying DHB Services about access to holiday dialysis that they provide. 15. PD Registry Reasonable progress. Registrars are being sought for projects to develop the registry. Ian Dittmer 16. healthAlliance healthAlliance has become part of New Zealand Health Partnerships. Murray Leikis contracts The procurement process for PD equipment and supplies, which excludes Canterbury and Southern DHBs, continues. There have been presentations from two companies. Each DHB is being asked to analyse the responses, including the financial implications for them. The process should be finalised by mid-year. A national procurement process for HD will be through New Zealand Health Partnerships or Pharmac. Transplant 17. National Transplant Increased number of live and deceased donor transplants, including more deceased cardiac donors. Ian Dittmer Activity The focus of the National Renal Transplant Service is data collection for reporting against Quality Improvement Metrics. 18. Kidney Exchange Trans Tasman collaboration on kidney exchange is unlikely to happen before 2018 because of Ian Dittmer resignations of AKX’s Clinical Director and Exchange Coordinator. Ministry of Health
Action: The Chair to email units who haven’t provided their emergency management documents to remind them to provide these to Kay. Ian Dittmer 13. CKD National Strategy At the last meeting John Collins joined by telephone to seek support for the end stage renal disease risk calculator being incorporated into the BPAC tool. The model has now been validated and is an excellent discriminator of end stage renal disease. John Collins is looking at Southern data to identify any impact on changes of referrals. Ian Dittmer Dialysis 14. Holiday Dialysis ANZSN is looking at establishing a chapter on Holiday Dialysis. Only Brisbane hospitals are still charging people for holiday dialysis. KHA is lobbying at the Australian Federal Government level for free holiday dialysis. KHNZ is surveying DHB Services about access to holiday dialysis that they provide. Murray Leikis / Max Reid 15. PD Registry Reasonable progress. Registrars are being sought for projects to develop the registry. Ian Dittmer 16. healthAlliance contracts healthAlliance has become part of New Zealand Health Partnerships. The procurement process for PD equipment and supplies, which excludes Canterbury and Southern DHBs, continues. There have been presentations from two companies. Each DHB is being asked to analyse the responses, including the financial implications for them. The process should be finalised by mid-year. A national procurement process for HD will be through New Zealand Health Partnerships or Pharmac. Murray Leikis Transplant 17. National Transplant Activity Increased number of live and deceased donor transplants, including more deceased cardiac donors. The focus of the National Renal Transplant Service is data collection for reporting against Quality Improvement Metrics. Ian Dittmer 18. Kidney Exchange Trans Tasman collaboration on kidney exchange is unlikely to happen before 2018 because of resignations of AKX’s Clinical Director and Exchange Coordinator. Ian Dittmer Ministry of Health