UK Renal Registry 11th Annual Report (December 2008): Chapter 2 Introduction to the 2008 UK Renal Registry Report

The UK Renal Registry (UKRR) is part of the UK Renal Association and provides independent, professionally led, audit and analysis of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the UK. The Registry is funded directly by participating renal centres through an annual capitation fee, currently £17 per patient per annum (2008). The Registry receives quarterly electronic data extracts from information systems used for clinical and administrative purposes within each renal centre and has developed expertise in mapping data items from each local system to the UKRR database. All but one UK renal centre provided an electronic data extract in 2007; although this centre provided summary data on prevalent patients.