A Professor of renal medicine who was instrumental in setting up a hospital’s dedicated clinic for cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic (CVRM) patients will share his experience with delegates at the upcoming CVRM Professional Care.

Professor Debasish Banerjee, Consultant Nephrologist at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, says multidisciplinary care is crucial for an area of health that is likely to fuel a “tsunami” of patients for the NHS.

Professor Banerjee’s speaker session, ‘A step-by-step guide to building a CVRM clinic’, will explore how in 2017, he and his colleagues established a dedicated, weekly CVRM clinic made up of nephrologists, cardiologists and diabetologists.

The impact the clinic has had in terms of hospital admissions has been presented on national and global stages, including at the International Society of Nephrology International Expert Forum: Exploring the Nexus of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health - Kidney International in 2025.

Professor Banerjee will share insights into hospital admissions data on his clinic patients, which give a glimpse into the difference a CVRM clinic can make.

His session will explore the impact that inter-disciplinary care has, particularly for stage 3 and 4 CVRM patients, on hospital admissions, morbidity and mortality.

Professor Banerjee said: “In our clinic we have identified a high-risk population of patients at risk for hospital admissions and treated them with agents to prevent hospital admissions and improve quality of life.

“My session will help to inform the workforce’s understanding of the management of these complex patients, and the roles played by doctors, pharmacists, nurses and administrative staff in primary and secondary care.”

The CVRM clinic at St George’s was set up following several years of research by Professor Banerjee and fellow experts, including the 2026 paper, ‘Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic Syndrome: Models of Care’ and ‘The Global Future of Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome Care’, published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

This research identified that “patients often experience fragmented care, with different specialties prioritising different medications and communicating slowly via letters, which delays important guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for each organ system, potentially leading to higher rates of hospital admissions and mortality.

“New models of care are urgently needed to improve outcomes through coordinated, patient-centred, and multidisciplinary approaches. Future integrated CKM care models should emphasise cross-specialty collaboration, data sharing, and shared decision-making to optimise treatment and deliver comprehensive care plans that consider all three specialty domains.”

Looking to the future, Professor Banerjee and his colleagues are working closely with the local ICB with a view to providing a MDT clinic in the community for stage 1, 2 and 3 CVRM patients.

Professor Banerjee’s speaker session, ‘A step-by-step guide to building a CVRM clinic’, will take place on October 21, from 9.15am to 10am in the Integrated Care & Pathways Theatre.