DevelopAKUre – A History

DevelopAKUre – A History

Today’s blog is written by Nick Sireau the Chair and CEO of the AKU Society, It was in 2003 that I sat down with Robert Gregory, Prof Alan Shenkin and Prof Ranganath in an office at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and discussed where we wanted to go with the...

Sociological Study on Treatment for AKU in the UK

My name is Alev Sen. I’m the main researcher on a study of treatment for AKU in UK healthcare. The study is sociological which means it will focus on the way AKU and relevant treatments are understood and approached. It is not a medical research study...
Other Ways to Give to the AKU Society

Other Ways to Give to the AKU Society

In this week’s blog, we explain how you can donate to the AKU Society through mobile giving, online shopping, payroll giving and Facebook Donation. There are many different ways to give to us, each designed to make the experience as easy as possible. Text Giving...
Stand Up To AKU Comedy Night – Liverpool 2019

Stand Up To AKU Comedy Night – Liverpool 2019

Our ‘Stand Up to AKU’ comedy night was on Sunday the 9th of June at the Hot Water Comedy Club in the centre of Liverpool. Overall, we raised £694, through online sales, on-the-door sales and raffle ticket sales. The raffle was a huge success; we...
RCN Congress May 2019

RCN Congress May 2019

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Congress is the biggest event of the nursing calendar and attracts more than 4,000 nurses from across the UK and beyond. It provides a platform for nurses to share and develop nursing practice and influence health policy...
RE(ACT) Congress America 2019 – Toronto

RE(ACT) Congress America 2019 – Toronto

Rare disease research has grown significantly over the past decade, yet conferences devoted entirely to this remain scarce. That’s why the REACT Congress, set up by Dr Olivier Menzel and his BlackSwan Foundation, is so important. At its first gathering,...