Speakers

Meagan is a Clinical Nurse Specialist with over 25 years’ experience in Nephrology, leading the Advanced Kidney Care Service in East London supporting >900 patients with Stage 4–5 CKD. Her role spans complex decision-making around peritoneal and haemodialysis, transplantation, and conservative management. As Co-Lead of the National AKC Community of Practice, Meagan connects AKC teams across the UK to reduce variation in pre-dialysis care and champion shared decision-making and peer support, in partnership with the London Kidney Network and Kidney Care UK. She is a passionate advocate for lived experience, promoting peer support to help patients navigate what lies ahead. In the words of one patient: “It is nice to be able to talk to someone who gets it and feel a million times better in my head.” She is also committed to building a collaborative, practice-led community where clinicians can learn from each other and accelerate improvements for people living with AKC. An Independent Nurse Prescriber, Meagan specialises in managing complex symptom burden in advanced CKD, with a focus on improving quality of life as kidney function declines. She runs pre-dialysis clinics, group education seminars, and coordinates vascular access referrals, with a strong emphasis on early preparation and shared decision-making. Meagan also collaborates with the ANN UK Education Committee, mentors junior renal nurses into AKC roles, Also have co-led a pilot evaluating health literacy in AKC clinics with consultant colleagues. Outside of clinical work, Meagan sings in her church choir, has performed with the Black Living Donor Choir, and takes part in step challenges for Kidney Care and Research, Diabetes UK & Cancer Charities