nicki ruddock 💙
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Renal Dietitian. Always looking at ways to improve patient engagement and experience. Supplementary prescriber. Prof Doc graduate
Joined September 2011
First lead author publication. Chuffed 😊 What is the value of supplementary prescribing in the 2020s? A dietitian's perspective | Journal of Prescribing Practice
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Background Non-medical prescribing is well-established in healthcare. Two models are used in practice: supplementary prescribing and independent prescribing. Supplementary prescribing incorporates...
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Please send us your stories of where prescribing is safe and effective but also why supplementary prescribing is a barrier and why independent prescribing would have more impact 💪🏻
If you're a supplementary prescriber, share your story with us and help us make the case for independent prescribing:
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A reminder that if your a dietetic prescriber to 🙏 share a story with us - link in the below post. Unsure or want some support, drop us a message 😊
What would the impact of independent prescribing be? 💬 Dietitians who already have supplementary prescribing rights explain how going one step further would benefit everyone, from dietetians and other healthcare colleagues to patients and even taxpayers.
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A reminder about our webinar to support those wanting to do prescribing and/or managers whose staff want to do prescribing. ➕ an update on the campaign for independent prescribing for dietitians. 🗓️ 5th November 🕒 1pm 💸 Free for BDA members
🗓️ Take a look at our events, webinars and classroom courses for November. Book your next CPD activity today:
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📣 We have an exciting band 6 renal dietitian vacancy in our wonderful team! Great job, great location! https://t.co/m4hqmWcybB
@bda_kidney @BDA_Dietitians @RoyalDevonNHS
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New publication about phosphorus in plant milks
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🎉 I’m excited to share that our article titled “Ultra-violet Spectrophotometric Analysis of Phosphate Content in Plant-Based Milk Alternatives in Relation to Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease” has...
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📢 All dietitians 🙏 Read and respond to this consultation (👇) and help support and move our case forward for independent prescribing rights ❓Any questions please get in touch Thank you in advance!
💬 @DHSCgovuk has opened a consultation on proposals to extend medicines responsibilities for paramedics, physiotherapists, operating department practitioners and diagnostic radiographers.
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What helps or hinders you from doing research? The Academy of Nutrition Sciences wants every nutritionist or dietitian working in the UK to complete this survey Please complete and then distribute it to your networks! https://t.co/YYuIw5qcsJ
#IUNS2025 #ICN2025
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“Nutritional Care in Chronic Kidney Disease” - the 12th @ESPENorg Symposium is taking place in Sweden 30th November - 1st December. The preliminary programme is available to view, alongside registration information, here: https://t.co/jJojCJtv6c
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Please keep adding to our survey responses 🙏
#dietitians Please ask your colleagues to complete so we can get evidence of other HCP opinions on our prescribing practice to help our independent prescribing campaign #prescribingnow
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1/9🚨 Changing one formula could make 38% more people “have CKD” overnight. That’s what happens if we replace the CKD-EPI equation with EKFC in a European health system. 👉 Our @NDTsocial paper https://t.co/eb6fooBSo6
#CKD #GFR #nephtwitter
@jjcarrero1 @FuEdouard @PStoneOftheYear
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ABSTRACTBackground. The European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) 2021 equation to estimate GFR performs as well or better than the CKD-EPI 2009 equation
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Dietitian supplementary prescribers. Please share with your colleagues. We would really value any feedback @BDA_Dietitians @bda_kidney @BDA_PENG @BDACriticalCare @bda
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That’s #UKKW25 done! 1 poster, 2 swims in sea, 2 scooters, 1 bloody knee, 50+ pens bagged but a whole heap of fun and laughter with the best renal MDT and tonnes of learning and enthusiasm to bring home! @PaulM122 @nicki_ruddock @LilyPiperRD @hmlyoungphysio
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Well deserved 🥰 Great presentation too!
Amazing to see Dr Hannah Young receive the Donna Lamping Award at UKKW. She is an inspirational AHP and research champion. We are personally so thankful for supporting us to get involved in research! @hmlyoungphysio @uhltherapy @Leic_hospital @Philsykes40 @SandraSpeller1
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Excited to have arrived at UK Kidney Week and to get a chance to present our poster! Great to see so many of the Leicester Renal MDT here! @uhltherapy @Philsykes40 @SandraSpeller1
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It’s such a motivated bunch of folk to be working with 🥰
I am so proud to chair this subgroup with so many amazing #dietitans who dedicate much of their own time to moving the profession forward. Thank you all so much💪🏻💉🩺🩻 💊 💧 @NicVernonRD @nicky_wyer @sejal307 @nicki_ruddock @ChristianaPav @RdTroiano @MLabaquere @ElaineJ17417683
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