Andy is a Consultant Nephrologist and Supportive Care Lead in the Department of Renal Medicine, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Andy also leads the North West Kidney Network Enhanced Supportive Care Workstream, which aims to improve supportive care practices in renal medicine centres across the North West of England.
Andy graduated in 2009 from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Manchester in 2021 for his thesis, ‘Frailty Assessment and Intervention in Chronic Kidney Disease’. Andy co-led an NIHR Programme Development Grant that aimed to (1) understand what matters to older people living with CKD; and (2) describe care delivered to older people with advanced CKD at UK renal centres. Andy is a member of UK Kidney Association Supportive Care Specialist Interest Group. As part of this role, Andy (1) co-leads a research study exploring patient, caregiver, and healthcare professional perceptions of kidney supportive care, and (2) co-leading the development of a national guideline: ‘Assessment and management of people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease’.
Andy describes being a Kidneys for Life Trustee as a great honour and privilege; he is delighted that people living with kidney disease in Lancashire and South Cumbria will benefit from such a fantastic charity.