UK Renal Registry 18th Annual Report 2015

The UK Renal Registry (UKRR) continues to provide a national source of NHS healthcare data on patients dependent on renal replacement therapy (RRT) across the four nations. Using electronic reporting and substantial integration across the 71 adult and 13 paediatric renal centres independent audit and analysis of dialysis and transplant activity and care across the UK is provided. The UKRR is part of the UK Renal Association and is funded directly by participating renal centres through an annual capitation fee per patient per annum, currently £19 or 0.01% of annual RRT running costs. The UKRR remains relatively unique amongst renal registries in publishing both centre-specific analyses of indicators of quality of care, such as haemoglobin and also ageadjusted survival statistics for each renal centre [1].