Future Opportunities

• Explore and initiate meetings with long term conditions stakeholders / networks regarding sharing best practice in self management education.
• Holding regional meetings which will support the further development of programmes using the tools developed and which will also discuss opportunities and barriers to integrating KEN programmes into local care pathways with the longer term aim of the KEN developing an outline model of care. 
• Developing a communications strategy which raises the profile and need for structured renal education in established renal failure care. It will include a review of current resources and initiatives. It will explore the different audiences that need to be communicated with e.g. healthcare professionals, people living with established renal failure, commissioners, other potential stakeholders etc. 
• Explore / develop generic and renal specific competencies for established renal failure educators. 
• Explore the provision of appropriate training for educators in skills such as group facilitation.