Kidney Beam

On this #InternationalWomensDay, we’re proud to celebrate the fact Kidney Beam is founded by two incredible women in Katie Bell and Professor Sharlene Greenwood 🙌 We’d also like to thank the women who have been a huge part of the Kidney Beam journey in the past year - Sandra Currie OBE , Lucy Sreeves , Rosie Loft and the whole team at Kidney Research UK Juliet Briggs, Ellen Castle and Pooja Schmill (MBPsS), who have spearheaded important research initiatives into kidney health delivered on our platform Andrea Brown of the National Kidney Federation Ashley Duque Kienzle, supporting us behind the scenes as a key advisor   Grace Gimson and Daniela Mercado Beivide, PhD of Holly Health, our fellow innovators on the NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme Frankie Northfield, Head of Physiotherapy at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Natasha Wynn , Jamie Starr, Viji and Nandhini from our tech team, and our health coaches Linda and Herolin, all who work tirelessly to improve and promote Kidney Beam for all people with kidney disease There are many, many more - thank you to all the women who have contributed to our story in 2024-25, and to all those out there leading the way in addressing inequalities in health and business. #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction #InternationalWomensDay2025, #ChooseToChallenge

Fantastic to see our Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Professor Sharlene Greenwood speaking about patient-centred innovations at Women's Health Professional Care today in London, alongside Sh'anesu Gutsa Rusike from NHS Innovation Accelerator and Samantha Jackman of Boost Innovations. With around 60% of our Kidney Beamers being female, we take care to listen to their feedback, and have developed specific content in response such as our Menopause Pilates series. A great event, with many inspirational speakers on stage talking about vital female health issues 👏 #WomensHealthPC

Check out some behind-the-scenes shots from our filming session last week with the King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust kidney rehab team. We've been busy creating new seated exercises to help people with kidney disease get more active - keep your eyes peeled for the new classes going live soon!

Big thanks to the National Kidney Federation for featuring Kidney Beam in the Spring Issue of Kidney Life magazine. Read all about how people with kidney disease can use our platform to get more active in 2025, including our Seated Sessions, Beginners' Programme, Dialysis Exercises and our Post-Transplant Fresh Start series Read more at https://lnkd.in/gVnZax5

CKM disease – where heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity co-exist and exacerbate each other – is rising at an alarming rate in the UK. CKM conditions impose a major burden on the NHS and have a significant impact on the quality of life for people living with them. Professor Sharlene Greenwood-founder and chief medical officer, Kidney Beam, writes about how to tackle this growing crisis. https://lnkd.in/d8wnaHQR

Fantastic to see our Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Professor Sharlene Greenwood on this list, in such inspirational company! #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #HealthInnovation

CKM disease – where heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity co-exist and exacerbate each other – is rising at an alarming rate in the UK. CKM conditions impose a major burden on the NHS and have a significant impact on the quality of life for people living with them. Professor Sharlene Greenwood, co-founder and chief medical officer, Kidney Beam, writes about tackling this growing crisis. https://lnkd.in/d8wnaHQR

The cost of kidney disease to the NHS and UK economy could rise from £7 billion to almost £14 billion in just 8 years’ time, @Kidney Research UK have warned. As prevalence of kidney disease and associated cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions grows rapidly, the costs of delivering dialysis treatment alone threatens to overwhelm the NHS by 2033. As we reach a crucial tipping point in finding more efficient and innovative ways to tackle the crisis, a new white paper lays out a proposed intervention that could save hundreds of millions, if not billions, for the NHS. Authored by Professor Sharlene Greenwood of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Kidney Beam, and with a foreword by Sandra Currie OBE, the paper proposes an evidence-based, digitally-enabled rehabilitation programme for people with cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions that has already been clinically proven to improve health outcomes and reduce cost-per-patient by almost £600. Find out more by reading “Reimagining rehabilitation for people with cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions - from inactivity to empowerment” in full below. With thanks to contributors Andrea Brown of the National Kidney Federation,  Dr Katie Vinen of the The UK Kidney Association, Professor Jamie Macdonald from Bangor University , Liam Cahill of Together Digital, Professor David Wheeler of the NIHR Research Delivery Network, and Peter Joynson from the Sheffield Area Kidney Association.

We were very proud to have been Highly Commended in the Digital Patient Transformation category at this week's HTN - Health Tech News Now Awards, alongside being a finalist in the SME/Start Up Innovation and Health Tech Case Study of the Year categories too. Congratulations to all the other winners on the night, many of whom we know well: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Alertive, Cogniss, Caristo Diagnostics, Dosium, Interweave, Insource Ltd, Isla Health | B Corp™, Lutra Health, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, OX.DH, Sanius Health, Think Healthcare, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Charity, The Institute of Clinical Science and Technology. Great to see such innovations showcased!

Exciting news! Episode 1 of the Inside Health Innovation podcast has now landed, with our very own Katie Bell in the hotseat. Watch/listen as she chats to Karina Malhotra about the opportunities and challenges of working with the NHS, balancing work and family life, and how Kidney Beam's lifestyle and exercise app could save considerable sums on the treatment of kidney disease. You can find the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/epS_ZZMt