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G177 THE EVOLUTION OF PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY IN THE UK
R. H. R. White.Department of Nephrology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Specialisation in paediatric nephrology in the UK began in Glasgow in the early 1950s, arising out of research into the nephrotic syndrome. Two technical developments gave impetus to the further evolution of paediatric nephrology: (1) percutaneous renal biopsy, in 1959; and (2) haemodialysis, in the mid-1970s. These led to the establishment of regional referral services, derived initially from research, in Glasgow, Birmingham, London (Guy’s and Great Ormond Street Hospitals), and Manchester. Others followed in university based hospitals, yielding 12 tertiary referral centres in the mid-1970s, with the later addition of a thirteenth unit, taking into account population distribution and geographical factors.

The formation of the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology (BAPN), conceived in 1972 by eight paediatricians with a special interest in nephrology, and inaugurated in February 1973 with 15 members, has played a major role in shaping . . . [Full text of this article]